Pension Credit take-up campaign is very timely as pensioner poverty is rising
Delighted to see another campaign trying to help poorest pensioners claim the money they need and are entitled to by improving Pension Credit take-up. Pension Credit (which could be re-named ‘Pensioner Top-up’) has lowest take-up of all means-tested benefits, with over a third of those entitled failing to claim since 2010. Official figures suggest unclaimed Pension Credit means pensioner households missing out on an average £1600 a year. As inflation soars, this failure will increase pensioner poverty from last year’s…