{"id":1049511,"date":"2026-06-25T16:38:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1049511\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:38:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:38:48","slug":"state-pensioners-to-get-extra-66-60-per-month-from-july-personal-finance-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1049511\/","title":{"rendered":"State pensioners to get extra \u00a366.60 per month from July | Personal Finance | Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"

State pensioner couples can get an extra \u00a366.60 a month from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)<\/a>, as Pension Credit has increased<\/a> by 4.8% for the next financial year. The increase means that those eligible get a payment worth up to \u00a3238 a week if single, while those with a partner earn a joint rate of up to \u00a3363.25 per week, up from the previous earning of \u00a3346.60. This means that couples will receive a weekly increase of \u00a316.65, totalling \u00a366.60 in July.<\/p>\n

If your partner isn’t over State Pension age, you can’t usually make a new claim for Pension Credit. However, you can make a new claim if both of the following apply: you reached State Pension<\/a> age before 15 May 2019 and you\u2019ve been claiming Housing Benefit since before 15 May 2019.<\/p>\n

You can also claim for Pension Credit as an individual if your partner can\u2019t get it because of their immigration status. You should gather everything you can about your weekly income before applying. This could include money from a private pension and money you get from the State Pension.<\/p>\n

It will also include most earnings from an employer or from being self-employed – your earnings will be worked out as an average if they go up and down over the year – and benefits such as JSA or ESA.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll also need to consider what savings and investments you have. This could include property you own except the home you live in, shares and other investments and money held in bank or savings accounts.<\/p>\n

Any savings or investments over \u00a310,000 will affect the amount of Pension Credit you get. You\u2019ll be treated as having \u00a31 per week of income for every \u00a3500 above \u00a310,000.<\/p>\n

If your weekly income is below \u00a3238 then Guarantee Credit will top you up to that amount.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re claiming as a couple and your joint weekly income is below \u00a3363.25 it will be topped up to that amount. If you\u2019re claiming as a couple you\u2019ll need the same information about your partner\u2019s income.<\/p>\n

Your income can be higher than \u00a3238 or \u00a3363.25 if you qualify for extra amounts such as the severe disability or carer\u2019s addition. Your income can also be higher if you\u2019re paying a mortgage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"State pensioner couples can get an extra \u00a366.60 a month from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP),…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1049512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3093],"tags":[288422,345,288415,51,1267,288421,474,288423,288419,24705,288416,2095,2094,288418,288417,2499,288420,1786,14666,16,15],"class_list":["post-1049511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-benefit-rates","tag-benefits","tag-benefits-payments","tag-business","tag-dwp","tag-dwp-rates","tag-finance","tag-money-help","tag-money-news","tag-pension-credit","tag-pension-credit-increase","tag-pension-news","tag-pension-savings","tag-pensioners-finances","tag-pensioners-money","tag-personal-finance","tag-personal-finance-news","tag-state-pension","tag-state-pensioners","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116811733923686902","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1049511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1049512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1049511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1049511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1049511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}