State pension UK: The Christmas bonus eligibility week has begun – how to ensure payment
To get the Christmas bonus, eligible claimants must get their regular state benefits during the qualifying week, which normally falls on the first full week of December.
Additionally, recipients must be present or “ordinarily resident” in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Gibraltar, any European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland during the qualifying week.
For pensioners, the qualifying state benefits include Pension Credit (the guarantee element), state pension (including graduated retirement benefit), war disablement pension at state pension age, war widow’s pension and widow’s pension.
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