JaneBlue

[JaneBlue @Linzi_B_Fuddled]

@Annely922 @cfs_jo Private/works pensions can be claimed below state pension age.

[JaneBlue @Linzi_B_Fuddled]

@angrypict86317 @flickhwilliams No, the capital thresholds are still exactly the same, the same as they were in 1999, & I'm not sure how long before that tbh.

[JaneBlue @Linzi_B_Fuddled]

@joeyjojojunior_ @NadiaWhittomeMP Ahh, ok....yes....so if the rental income is currently more than the permitted work threshold of £195.50 pw it would make you ineligible.

[JaneBlue @Linzi_B_Fuddled]

@joeyjojojunior_ @NadiaWhittomeMP As long as you've paid your NI you could look at your eligibility for New Style ESA.

[JaneBlue @Linzi_B_Fuddled]

@WatchAndSee83 @antonycotton It's just not an option anymore....that's why UC was brought in, to replace IR ESA.

https://t.co/ajhyfjxo5Q

[JaneBlue @Linzi_B_Fuddled]

@WatchAndSee83 @antonycotton Can't claim income related ESA anymore, it's been scrapped for new claimants......some years ago.

[JaneBlue @Linzi_B_Fuddled]

@Stubob1957 @tomhfh But some are though?

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@GalanthusA @OAPJo There are other taxable state benefits.

[JaneBlue @Linzi_B_Fuddled]

@JGreen022833017 @Landeur These ones....

https://t.co/JJH6z9taHN

[JaneBlue @Linzi_B_Fuddled]

@clinihed @Landeur Because it's a taxable state benefit, just like these others.

https://t.co/JJH6z9taHN

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@sgr1234 @OAPJo Google is fab :-)

https://t.co/rzp3gZEqmE

[JaneBlue @Linzi_B_Fuddled]

@MuireannCait @Groves17Diana @Landeur @ThingsHidden2 Some benefits do provide a class 1 NI credit, such as Carer's Allowance or New Style ESA, the same class 1 credits that NI deductions from wages are converted to.

[JaneBlue @Linzi_B_Fuddled]

@Groves17Diana @Landeur @ThingsHidden2 You should really do a little reading yourself. 35 years worth of credits = 35 qualifying years = a full new state pension, & those credits can come from state benefits.

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@tomorrow28170 @Landeur After working for the DWP for *many* years, yes, of course, but what folk see it as doesn't change the fact of what it actually is. The number of folk who still think there's a pot their contributions have gone into is just astonishing (not including you there, just in general).

[JaneBlue @Linzi_B_Fuddled]

@tomorrow28170 @Landeur But it still is a benefit that requires a contribution, just like New Style ESA, for example, it too has qualifying criteria.

[JaneBlue @Linzi_B_Fuddled]

@tomorrow28170 @Landeur This means my new state pension forecast shows I'll get a full new state pension, just the same as my husband who has worked full time & had NI deducted from his wage.

There's a *huge* lack of knowledge about how the new state pension qualifying years, credits etc works.

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@tomorrow28170 @Landeur Personal example....since having kids I've worked part time. I've had credits from Child Benefit & also, whilst my earnings were below the threshold for having NI deducted, they were above the LEL (lower earnings limit), so...I got class 1 credits.

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@tomorrow28170 @Landeur You can get a full new state pension without having "paid" a single penny of NI.