At the moment we can consider to backdate your application from a date up to twelve months in the past. From 6 October 2008, we propose to change this period from twelve months to three months. If you want to apply for more than three months in the past, please make sure we get your application before 6 October 2008.
I read this almost unpublished announcement from the Pensions Offices to mean that if you have not already filed for Pension Credit you will miss out.
Please, please, pleaser, please. This government has stolen enough from the Pensioner. If you know of anyone who needs Pension Credit or is about to be entitled to Pension Credit, get them to telephone the Freephone line immediately, tomorrow Monday the 6th October, and get the application done.
If you have already filled in the form but have not sent it in, go to your local post office, ask for Proof of Postage - the receipt with contain the address, the date and the time of dispatch. It costs nothing and it ought to get through the time difference, because, under the Stamp Act, once a legal document is handed to an official who is entitled to receive such documents, it is the same as delivering the letter to the address yourself.
Pension Service Application Line
Freephone: 0808 100 6165
Textphone: 0808 100 1165 (free call)
Lines are open: Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00 pm
Fax Number: 028 7127 4643
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