Older people could be due weekly State Pension boost of up to £278

dailyrecord.co.uk:

State Pension payments are set to increase by 10.1% from next April for merely 12.5 million people across the UK, including 992,052 living in Scotland.

However, despite a record-breaking rise in payments of the contributory benefit, over 1.8 million pensioners are receiving less than £100 per week in State Pension payments.

Of the overall UK total, there are 10.1 million older people receiving Basic State Pension payments of up to £141.85 per week (rising to £156.20 in April), compared to 2.4 million getting the New State Pension, which are worth up to £185.15 each week (rising to £203.85 in April).

Helen Morrissey, senior pensions and retirement analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown warns at least some of those on the lowest State Pension payments could be missing out on Pension Credit, a benefit delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) which is worth more than £3,300 each year in financial support, discounts and other benefits which could increase their income.