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Pension Service Have Actually Done Something Right

07/27/09 15:06:08 | 9 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I hunted out a letter that I had received from the DWP (department of work and pensions) about 5 years ago. That letter was a forecast of what my pension would be now if my circumstances didn't change.

The amount of Government Pension I was told I would receive would be in the region of £101 per week. The basic pension today is approx £97 per week. The minimum amount today the Government says one can live on is £130. Therefore if one has no private...

Bloody Pension Service

06/21/09 16:50:54 | 12 Comments

Ok, the government pension is my right. It's not something that I am claiming. It's a pension that I have paid in for all my life. It's a set amount that I am entitled to. Even if I'm continuing to work, I am still entitled to my pension. No if, but, or maybe. It's my money. So please tell me how the heck it can be stopped being paid to me.

On Monday the 8th of June I checked my bank account only to find that my pension had not been paid in. No worries it...

Never Say "I'm 100% Certain"

02/10/09 08:46:55 | 7 Comments

I finally managed to send my divorce papers off to the pension service this week.

God I am stupid. The pension service asked me to send my divorce papers off to them asap so that I could claim for the years that I was married and bringing up a child. Although having said that, I did work most of those years anyway, but the system does allow one to claim for all those years regardless of whether one worked or not.

Anyway, as soon as I knew they wanted my divorce papers I...

Lost in the System

11/03/08 10:59:41 | 2 Comments

Today should have been the very first day that my pension should have gone in the bank. It's paid on the first Monday after ones birthday and today should have been my payday. Note I say should have been. Yup, they messed up big time.

After checking my bank account this morning, and finding that there was no sign of any cash being paid in, I rang the Pension Service to...

Time to Claim My Pension

10/28/08 08:08:06 | 2 Comments

Today I claimed my pension by phone. It seems now one only has to make a phone call rather than fill in all the forms.

I do wish they would make up their mind though.

In the letter I received a few weeks ago, that everyone receives just before the Birthday that will turn us into an O.A.P., it states that one can make a claim 4 months prior to their Birthday. Well,...

Food or Warmth - It's Your Choice

10/28/08 07:10:14 | 0 Comments

From today, British Gas is raising the price of its gas yet again, this time by 35 per cent, while customers buying electricity from it will pay 9.4 per cent more. Households who buy both services from the utility will see their dual fuel bills rise by 25 per cent.

The increases mean the average household's dual fuel bill will rise from £1,055 a year to...

How and When to Claim the State Pension

10/28/08 02:25:14 | 0 Comments

Once one is 4 months away from pension age an envelope arrives from the D.W.P (Dept. of Work and Pensions). This tells us how we can now claim our pension ready for when we turn pension age.

The basic state pension is £90.70 ($180.94)per week. Added on to that are any extra pension credits one has earned during their working life. These are graduated NI contributions paid...

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