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CERTAIN BENEFITS WILL STOP FOR PEOPLE AFTER THEY START CLAIMING STATE PENSION - HERE ARE MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHICH PAYMENTS WILL CEASE 09:05, 21 May 2025 People approaching pension age are
being urged to check which benefits will stop after they retire. This is because you are no longer able to claim six benefits from the Government after you start claiming State Pension.
Currently, the State Pension age is 66, though this is set to increase over the coming years. Those who are retired won't be able to claim certain benefits from the DWP. One of these is
the Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), an unemployment benefit people can claim while looking for work. Additionally, pensioners will no longer be able to claim the Employment and Support
Allowance (ESA), an income-related benefit for those with a disability or health condition that affects the ability to work. The New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) will also be
unavailable, a benefit for people who are ill or have a health condition or disability that limits their ability to work. The fourth benefit to cease will be the Income Support and
Universal Credit, as well as Bereavement Support Payment and Widowed Parent’s Allowance, reports BirminghamLive. Turn2us, which has a benefits calculator, said: "If you live with a
partner and one of you is pension age and the other is not yet pension age, benefit entitlement can be complicated." GET ALL THE LATEST MONEY NEWS AND BUDGETING TIPS FROM CHRONICLE LIVE
WITH OUR FREE NEWSLETTER Article continues below It comes as the State Pension age is set to rise from April 2026, bringing the age up from 66 to 67. Those born after 6 March 1961 will have
a State Pension age of 67, with a potential further increase to 68 in the future. The DWP said: “The Pensions Act 2014 set out the timescale for the increase in State Pension age from 66 to
67, affecting those born between 6 April 1960 and 5 March 1961. Anyone born between these dates should check their State Pension age to find out the earliest point at which they’ll be
eligible for their State Pension.” A new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has claimed that raising the State Pension age has the "potential to be positive" to
workers' health. IFS economists said: "We found that being in paid work is good for the cognitive functioning of women in their early 60s, on average." The ones to benefit the
most were single women, particularly in cognitive functioning. They added: "This suggests that it is those who live alone, who are more likely to see a drop in social interactions upon
retirement, who gained the most from the stimulation of work." You can check your State Pension age here. Article continues below JOIN OUR WHATSAPP COMMUNITIES ChronicleLive is now on
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