Brits reaching State Pension age can no longer claim these benefits
Benefits affected by your pension age
Pension Credit age
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Income Support
- Universal Credit
State Pension age
- Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- Contributory/New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Benefits not affected by your State Pension age
- Child Benefit (delivered by HMRC)
- Carer’s Allowance – you may not be eligible for the full financial element depending on your income from State Pension
- Guardian’s Allowance
- Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
- Pension Credit
- Housing Benefit
- Council Tax Support
- Support for Mortgage Interest
- Help with Health Costs
- Winter Heating Payment – Scotland only
- Cold Weather Payment – England and Wales only
- Warm Home Discount Scheme
- Winter Fuel Payment
- Pension Age Winter Heating Payment – Scotland only, same qualifying rules as Winter Fuel Payment
