Letter from the Govt.

[grahamw48]

I got a letter from the gov. this morning telling me I'll soon be entitled to something called 'Pension Credit'.

Well, this made me laugh so much that I had to take a quick run up and down the stairs and do a couple of handstands in the lounge...to prove them wrong.

I now have a broken ornament and a pulled muscle in my leg. :cwm3:

[stevewool]

tell us more

[grahamw48]

Just an age-related thing to top up one's meagre finances (if they are meagre...it's means-tested).

Made me laugh, to even think of myself as a 'pensioner' . haha :biggrin:

[andy222]

I got a letter from the gov. this morning telling me I'll soon be entitled to something called 'Pension Credit'.

Well, this made me laugh so much that I had to take a quick run up and down the stairs and do a couple of handstands in the lounge...to prove them wrong.

I now have a broken ornament and a pulled muscle in my leg. :cwm3:
Put a claim in graham.:icon_lol:

[Arthur Little]

:icon_sorry: ... without intending to offend the sensitivities of any of our (dare I say?) older members, 'Pension Credit' is an extremely valuable resource for supplementing the incomes of those people aged 60 and over who are already retired from full time employment and/or whose resultant earning power falls below an acceptable level.

Let's not mock it. :NoNo:

[andy222]

Funny you should mention this I had a letter from HMRC not so long back asking me to fill a form in because it wouldnt be long to getting my state pension. Its 14 years away.:icon_rolleyes:

[Arthur Little]

Moreover ... Guaranteed Pension Credit entitles its recipients to a substantial reduction in Council Tax, FREE dental treatment, discount on spectacles and no prescription charges in England (Scotland being already exempt).

It is well-worth having! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[grahamw48]

I think it's the same as being unemployed, but no need to sign on. Hmm. :Erm:

[Arthur Little]

Funny you should mention this I had a letter from HMRC not so long back asking me to fill a form in because it wouldnt be long to getting my state pension. Its 14 years away.:icon_rolleyes:

:anerikke: ... fine! But it comes around QUICKER than you :cwm24: would expect, Andy.

[Arthur Little]

I think it's the same as being unemployed, but no need to sign on. Hmm. :Erm:

Whilst you're technically correct, Graham :cwm25: ... the expression "early retired" tends to sound preferable to the word "unemployed" when speaking in terms of older folks who are no longer working :wink: - albeit, :iagree: there ISN'T any requirement for those over 60 to "sign on" if they've paid their full, statutory National Insurance Contributions and also meet the means-tested criteria.

[KeithD]

I retired in 1986, got a war pension, and have been working hard ever since :Erm:

[stevewool]

with myself retiring early 60 instead of 60 something what ever the figure is, anyway i have worked since i was 17 and with just 6 months in all that time out of work, so with my reckoning thats over 43 years, so surely i will get a state pension, yes i cannot claim it till i am at retirement age which is going to another 6 years i think, am i right

[imagine]

with myself retiring early 60 instead of 60 something what ever the figure is, anyway i have worked since i was 17 and with just 6 months in all that time out of work, so with my reconing thats over 43 years, so surely i will get a state pension, yes i cannot claim it till i am at retirement age which is going to another 6 years i think, am i right

you only need 30 yrs contributions, sorry nothing extra for the other 13 yrs:biggrin:


depends when you were born, you may retire at 65, but you may not get your pension untill later depending on your date of birth,

example , i was born feb 1954, i can retire at 65, but i wont get any pension untill im 65 and a half :icon_lol:

[imagine]

I got a letter from the gov. this morning telling me I'll soon be entitled to something called 'Pension Credit'.

Well, this made me laugh so much that I had to take a quick run up and down the stairs and do a couple of handstands in the lounge...to prove them wrong.

I now have a broken ornament and a pulled muscle in my leg. :cwm3:

they say anything about a free bus pass? :olddude:

[bigmac]

i get pension credit--first claimed it when i was 60 means i'm guaranteed over £140 a week--yes please !! but i do get a bit knocked off because i have savings over the £10 grand threshold.

oh--and you can still work--so if you do part time and get say--£100 a week--you get it topped up to the full amount. better than a poke in the eye.

but i think new claimants now have to be 0ver 62.

[grahamw48]

Can't really see myself living large on 140 quid a week. :Erm:

No mention of bus pass, which would come in handy.

Looks like people a year or two older than me are the last of the lucky ones, but I'd rather be that bit younger anyway I suppose.

Still, now that we're all having to do our bit to help pay off the wealthy bankers' miss-management, MPs' fraud and theft, a million illegals and sob-story lying 'asylum-seekers', plus other assorted parasitic detritus.... :icon_rolleyes:

[andy222]

:anerikke: ... fine! But it comes around QUICKER than you :cwm24: would expect, Andy.
I hope it does come round quick Arthur so I can get out of here.:icon_lol: