City residents get access to £1m in Pension Credits

News that pensioners across Leeds have been helped to access more than £1m in unclaimed Pension Credit has been welcomed by senior councillor Mary Harland.

- by Harriet Sutton

The council's welfare and benefits team has been working to promote and encourage uptake of the additional support available, including proactively contacting pensioners who may be eligible but are not currently claiming.

As a result, the team has helped at least 249 households secure Pension Credit awards with the largest being over £400 per week, money that otherwise those residents would not have received.