Benefits

5 articles

What you may be entitled to in your forties and fifties, how means tests and claims work, and where to get proper advice before you apply.

5 articles

  • A pair of reading glasses resting above an open book
    Entitlements

    The Benefits You Might Be Missing in Midlife

    Plenty of people in their forties and fifties assume support is not for them. Often they are right. Sometimes they are leaving real help unclaimed. Here is where to look.

  • A bank vault door next to a savings passbook
    Benefits, explained

    How Means Tests Actually Work

    Means tests decide who gets a great deal of support, yet most of us have only a hazy idea how they treat income, savings and partners. Here is the general picture.

  • A stack of paper receipts and forms
    After redundancy

    Claiming Support After Redundancy in Your Fifties

    Redundancy in your fifties is common, and it is not the end of your working life. Here is how to work out what support you may be entitled to, and in what order.