Thousands of Brits who tried to boost their State Pension just before the crucial deadline may have been blocked by a last-minute technical error – but there’s still hope, according to Martin Lewis’s Money Saving Expert team.
The deadline to top up your National Insurance record for the years 2006 to 2018 officially ended at 11:59 pm on Saturday, April 5. For many people under 73, this was a golden opportunity to plug gaps in their NI history and potentially add thousands – even up to £50,000 – to their State Pension pot under transitional rules brought in when the new system launched in 2016.
