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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Sam Barker

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

An extra 105,000 extra State Pensioners have been underpaid, new figures reveal - most of them women.

The issue affects many people getting the 'old' State Pension, which is paid to people who reached State Pension age before April 6, 2016.

Many of these people on low pensions were allowed to claim a 60% their State Pension if their spouse or civil partner had paid higher National Insurance contributions.

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