Soldato
https://www.entitledto.co.uk/blog/2...-need-to-check-their-benefit-entitlement-now/
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/changes-to-benefits-for-mixed-age-couples
I'm not sure how many of you are aware of this but if I'm understanding it correctly if your in a mixed aged relationship you will not receive your full state benefits (Pension credits) until the youngest partner is of pension age, until that age you as a couple will have to claim Universal Credit.
"As well as all of the conditions attached to working-age benefits, the amounts available are very different. For working age couples the level of Universal Credit is £114.85a week, as it has been for the past few years owing to the benefit freeze. In contrast the level of Pension Credit is £255.25 a week (from April 2019), up from a current £248.80.
So for a couple with no other income Pension Credit is worth over £140 a week - £7,300 a year - more than Universal Credit. The key point though is that the effect will last for as long as one of the couple remains under pension age, so if the younger person still has 10 years until they become pension age (i.e. they are now age 56) the total loss would be £73,000."
I think this is insane and was slyly slipped in on the eve of the Brexit vote/deal, I am ten years older than my partner so the example quoted above hits home very hard, I've worked since I was 15 years old, I just can't believe that mixed aged couples are being penalised like this.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/changes-to-benefits-for-mixed-age-couples
I'm not sure how many of you are aware of this but if I'm understanding it correctly if your in a mixed aged relationship you will not receive your full state benefits (Pension credits) until the youngest partner is of pension age, until that age you as a couple will have to claim Universal Credit.
"As well as all of the conditions attached to working-age benefits, the amounts available are very different. For working age couples the level of Universal Credit is £114.85a week, as it has been for the past few years owing to the benefit freeze. In contrast the level of Pension Credit is £255.25 a week (from April 2019), up from a current £248.80.
So for a couple with no other income Pension Credit is worth over £140 a week - £7,300 a year - more than Universal Credit. The key point though is that the effect will last for as long as one of the couple remains under pension age, so if the younger person still has 10 years until they become pension age (i.e. they are now age 56) the total loss would be £73,000."
I think this is insane and was slyly slipped in on the eve of the Brexit vote/deal, I am ten years older than my partner so the example quoted above hits home very hard, I've worked since I was 15 years old, I just can't believe that mixed aged couples are being penalised like this.
