Martin Lewis has warned there are “hundreds of thousands” of women over 70 who may have been underpaid State Pension by as much as £6,000
Martin Lewis has warned there are “hundreds of thousands” of women over 70 who may have been underpaid State Pension by as much as £6,000. The financial journalist is urging married women and widows in particular to check if they are due a back payment from the Department for Work and Pensions .
He also shared how there are free tools online at GOV.UK to work out if you are due a top-up, but the quickest way to find out if you are eligible for a State Pension back payment is to call the Pension Service. Co-presenter Angelica Bell shared one viewer’s success story. Virginia connected the show by email to share how she had received an underpayment of nearly £8,500 from DWP.
Permanent Secretary at DWP, Peter Schofield, told the cross-party committee of MPs, chaired by Sir Stephen Timms: “We have found more cases of underpayment.” How to check if you are affected or make a claim A phone call to the pension service is the quickest way to find out if you are eligible for a State Pension refund.
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