Martin Lewis has urged thousands of people to check if they are missing out on a massive benefits top-up. The founder of Money Saving Expert made the plea to pensioners on his ITV Martin Lewis Money Show which returned to screens on Tuesday, June 13.
The financial journalist said an estimated 800,000 people over the state pension age on low incomes were estimated to be missing out on pension credit and that it was a "national tragedy" that so many people were being deprived of extra money in the cost-of-living crisis.
"These are some of the poorest people in the country who have been paying into the system for years," he said. A report in January by the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales estimated that around 80,000 people in Wales were missing out on the payment, which Mr Lewis described as a "gateway benefit" to further support with an average top-up of £3,500 each year for those who qualify.
