Martin Lewis issues pension credit plea to nation as he hits out at Rachel Reeves

Martin Lewis issues pension credit plea to nation as he hits out at Rachel ReevesThe Martin Lewis Money/ ITV

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00:00A million people claim pension credit. Around 800,000 people eligible for pension credit

00:05don't claim pension credit. It is a critically underclaimed benefit. The idea we're protecting

00:11the poorest pensioners through pension credit with the 240 question form, with the 800,000

00:17people, many with onset dementia, who do not claim pension credit, we are not protecting

00:22800,000 of them. I was expecting some mitigation from that because many people, me and Age

00:27Concern and others have been lobbying about this. It has not happened. I just want to

00:32say, because the government aren't doing anything, if you know someone on the state pension on

00:38a very low income, they've lost the cost of living payment, they've lost winter fuel payment,

00:45please get them to check if they're eligible for pension credit. More should have been

00:49done. It isn't being done. Get them to check. They just have to call up. It doesn't matter

00:53if they're not eligible, they can always check. 700,000, 800,000 of the poorest in

00:57our society, who even the government thinks should be getting winter fuel payment, will

01:01not this winter. We perhaps collectively need to act on it.