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Linda Howard & Abbie Meehan

DWP confirm which women over State Pension age are due up to £9,500 in backdated payments

A report released by the public spending watchdog on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) accounts has revealed that approximately 237,000 pensioners have been underpaid.

The total amount the DWP owes these people has reached a whopping £1.46 billion, as reported by the Daily Record. The National Audit Office (NAO) latest report said that this was a rise of £429 million, and that some 105,000 older people on the DWP’s best estimate at the end of 2020-21.

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