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Q. I currently receive legacy benefits but have been told that I’ll be getting sent a letter advising me I must make preparations to claim and then transfer to Universal Credit which concerns me as I am used to managing my current benefits and may be worse off. Is it correct that I’ll effectively be forced onto Universal Credit?
Although this has not been driven by the rising costs of domestic fuels (the consultancy process that has led to these changes started in June 2021) the government has announced proposed changes to the Warm Home Discount scheme in relation to what is commonly referred to as The Broader Group.
Q. I receive Guaranteed Pension Credit and last year received a cold weather payment around the beginning of January, this was £25. However when I have checked my benefit payments I have not had the payment, why is this and how do I get the payment?
Student Loan Debt Is an Unheralded Burden for Older Borrowers Americans 50 and over owe hundreds of billions for themselves, children by John Waggoner, AARP, Updated March 8, 2021 | Comments: iStock / Getty Images En español | The student loan debt crisis is not just a problem for the young. Of the $1.6 trillion in total student debt at the end of 2020, borrowers 50 and older owed about 22 percent of that amount, or $336.1 billion — more than a five-fold increase from 2004. Growing problem The crisis has been hard on older households. In 1989, 3.1 percent of families headed by...