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More women could be missing out on thousands of pounds in state pension payments

Mothers in retirement may be getting smaller state pensions that they should do because of errors with National Insurance credits, experts say, and some are getting backpayments

Daily Mirror

New State Pension underpayment campaign aims to help mothers across the UK fix DWP entitlement errors

Mothers across the country may be due a lump sum in arrears and an increase to their weekly State Pension payment.

Daily Record

DWP State Pension claimants issued warning as mothers could be underpaid

Those who are claim state pension are being urged to check if they are being underpaid as thousands could be missing out on hundreds of pounds due to a mistake.

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Women over State Pension age urged to check if they are eligible for backdated payments

Six groups of women over the State Pension age may be eligible for money amid backdated payments after a report by the DWP revealed many have have been underpaid.

Edinburgh Live

DWP reveal six groups may be eligible for thousands in backdated pension payments

The Department for Work and Pensions predict that some 237,000 over the age of State Pension may have been underpaid

Chronicle Live

Six groups of pensioners may be in line for thousands in backdated payments

The DWP estimates around 237,000 people over State Pension age have been underpaid

Liverpool Echo

Six groups of women over State Pension age who may be due up to £9,500 in backdated payments

The DWP now estimates it has underpaid 237,000 pensioners a total of £1.46 billion.

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Extra 100,000 state pensioners underpaid due to DWP mistake - does it affect you?

A DWP mistake means that 237,000 people have been underpaid their State Pension to the tune of £1.5billion, new figures reveal - but the problem could be even bigger than that

Daily Mirror

State Pension underpayments review identifies new group of women who may be due up to £9,500

The DWP now estimates it has underpaid 237,000 pensioners a total of £1.46 billion.

Daily Record

Watchdog: About 237,000 state pensioners underpaid by total of £1.46bn

The Department for Work and Pensions started an exercise in January 2021 to address cases where people were being underpaid.

The Independent UK

DWP mix-up means thousands of women issued £8,900 warning

It's not clear how many people are affected

Nottingham Post

Jump in people paying higher rates of tax

There are a projected 5.5 million higher rate income taxpayers in 2022/23, marking a 43.9% increase compared with 2019/20, HMRC said.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s ‘stealth tax’ creates 2 million new higher rate payers in just 3 years

Freeze in allowances means higher income tax rates no longer ‘reserved for very wealthiest’

The Independent UK

DWP looking at ways to fix State Pension payment error as millions receive wrong amount ‘for decades’

It is understood that 98% of over and underpayments are of 1p or 2p per week, and all are below 10p.

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Errors in state pension payments ‘go back decades’ with many people underpaid or overpaid

Government looks for urgent solution after mistakes dating back to 1980s discovered

The Independent UK

DWP ‘looking at solutions’ to fix errors with state pension payments

The problem relates to an ageing computer system and has led to some people being underpaid or overpaid.

The Guardian - UK

Pensions ‘injustice’ leaves generation of women in crisis as inflation bites

Women born in the 1950s have been hard hit by rushed changes to the state pension age

Daily Record

Women underpaid State Pension continue to challenge DWP over ‘married woman’s stamp’

If you think you may have been underpaid you should contact the Pension Service.

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Women still falling victim to DWP pensions blunders despite action

Former pensions minister highlights errors still being made, despite action to correct past mistakes

Wales Online

DWP blunder sees mum told she had no pension despite working for years

The former pub worker is one of a number of women still being told incorrectly they are not entitled to a pension

The Independent UK

‘Pension blunders still being made despite correction exercise’

Sir Steve Webb has written to Pensions Minister Guy Opperman, giving examples of recent state pension errors and calling for further action.

The Guardian - UK

Warning to over-55s: don’t raid your pension pot to cope with inflation

As the cost of living soars, retirement savings are being viewed as a means of settling bills. We list reasons why this should be avoided

Daily Mirror

State pensioners underpaid by £1billion being 'cut off' by DWP call centre staff

The DWP estimates it has underpaid 134,000 pensioners, mostly women, over £1billion of their state pension entitlement, with some errors dating as far back as 1985 - but some are struggling to get that money back

Chronicle Live

Thousands of pensioners may be due money back after DWP errors

Mistakes mean that many state pensioners have been underpaid, including women who paid 'married woman's stamp'

Daily Mirror

Thousands of retired people may be OWED money after DWP pension errors

Mistakes made by the DWP mean that many state pensioners were underpaid, including women whose husbands passed away and older pensioners who paid married woman's stamps

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