Rightly she would get unemployment benefit, but if she leaves work at her own free will, i think she will be disquilified from getting any money for some weeks, not sure how many. If she were to get unemployment money for 12 months, I think she can carry on claiming the same money untill she is 65 and then onto the pension,seeing she is over 55 at present. I wonder if anyone can clarify this, I know this used to be the case, unless it has been changed????????Also would someone be able to clarify, if she claims pension in her own right when she reaches 65, would her partner not be better off claiming for her, as far as i know she wont get the full amount anyway, as things stand at the moment.