State Pension

[wrayperson]

I don't want to leave my home at the moment..is there any limit as to how long I can leave State pension in the Post Office & not withdraw it?

[bednobs]

does it go to a post office account?

[fiction-factory]

If it's in a linked account then that's your business and no-one else's

[aelmpvw]

the powers that be may wonder what you're living on if you're also on pension credit ...

[fiction-factory]

As Tom Jones said "it's not unusual"- pensioners quite often get admitted to hospital for example and can't collect their pension for a period.

[woofgang]

In Ireland, which is all I could find, it can only sit there for 8 weeks. I think you should ask the question, I bet there are others in the same situation. https://www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk/contacting-us

[gingejbee]

Surely it's not "in the Post Office"....but in an account in your name?

[Maydup]

Can you arranged to have it transfered to your bank account from now on? That way you can pay by card when you need to or get cash at the cashpoint. Once you are ready to go out of course.

[wrayperson]

Yes, it's in a Post Office account. won't transfer it to bank as I'm happy with P O.

[bednobs]

if it's a post office card account, that i a bank account, and it' no-ones buines how much you leave in there or for how long