A former pensions minister has hit out at "shocking" delays which have led to hundreds of thousands of pensioners still being underpaid their state pension.
Sir Steve Webb was reacting to the latest figures from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), which show that just 13% - or 32,000 - of state pensioners had received refunds after the DWP identified 237,000 had been underpaid, some stretching back decades.
The DWP has so far paid out £209 million of the £1.46billion it owes, so more than a billion pounds is still outstanding.
