PENSIONERS who receive child benefit may be entitled to more housing or council tax benefit when changes come into effect today.
Under a set of rule changes regarding child benefit, councils across the country will ignore up to £10,000 of capital held by any pensioners when processing applications for housing or council tax benefit, and they will no longer consider child benefit as an income when people apply for assistance.
This means that some residents, who did not previously qualify because of their income, could now be entitled to support.
Malcolm Flanagan, head of benefits, revenues and customer services at Wirral Council, said: “We want to make sure that people in Wirral are receiving what they are entitled to.
To find out more see the council’s website at www.wirral.gov.uk or for an application form visit its One Stop Shops or contact the call centre on 0151 606 2002.
