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The Department for Work and Pensions is stripping a string of benefits from retirees once they hit a milestone age. State pensioners who are born before 1959, so 66, can claim DWP payments - but other benefits may be snatched away.

Your State Pension age aligns with your Pension Credit qualifying age unless you're a man born before 6 December 1953. You can confirm your State Pension age and whether you can start claiming Pension Credit on the 'Check your State Pension age' page of the GOV.UK website.

Turn2us has compiled a guide detailing the benefits you can't claim from the DWP once you reach State Pension age or Pension Credit age. When you reach State Pension age you can no longer claim: Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance

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