Martin Lewis issued a warning about the state pension on his ITV programme on Tuesday night (October 25) - and accidentally caused the government website to crash.
The MoneySavingExpert shared his advice on adding £5,500 to your state pension pot, but warned that time was running out to do so. He explained that a new state pension system was introduced in 2016 which requires you to pay National Insurance in at least 35 separate qualifying years to be able to claim the maximum amount.
But those who began their NI record before 2016 might need more than 40 years to qualify. Those people can 'buy' extra years for £800 per year to become eligible - which could net you over £5,000 a year back, Martin said.
