Pensions are a hot topic right now as the UK sees a rise in payment amounts while French residents rage about proposed rises to the State Pension age. Older women in the UK are also keen to be updated on possible underpayments due to Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) errors.
April 2023 saw the DWP implement a rise in State Pension and most benefits went up by 10.1 per cent. The move was part of the government's annual uprating exercise.
At the start of this year, the DWP said that it expects to complete the correction exercise into State Pension underpayments for two groups of women by the end of 2023. At the time, Pensions Minister Laura Trott MP said the exercise for those on CAT BL and CAT D should be completed by the end of this year, but it could run through to late 2024.
