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People earning more than £50,000 a year and their partners will not need to fill in self-assessment tax form

HMRC will look into National Insurance records to identify as many people as they can, before the DWP will recalculate state pensions to see if people are due arrears.

HMRC will look at National Insurance records to identify as many people as possible, then the DWP will recalculate your state pension and check if you are due any arrears

Thousands of people could be missing out on key portions of their state pension

Women aged in their 60s and 70s are most likely to be affected, the Government said.

The knock-on-impact of high inflation and frozen tax allowances may have pushed more people aged 65 and over into paying tax, experts suggested.

People now have almost two years to improve their state pension substantially by filling in any gaps in national insurance contributions

A former pensions minister urged women on the Basic State Pension to contact DWP.