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Extra 100,000 state pensioners underpaid due to DWP mistake - does it affect you?

A DWP mistake means that 237,000 people have been underpaid their State Pension to the tune of £1.5billion, new figures reveal - but the problem could be even bigger than that

Daily Mirror

State Pension underpayments review identifies new group of women who may be due up to £9,500

The DWP now estimates it has underpaid 237,000 pensioners a total of £1.46 billion.

Daily Record

Watchdog: About 237,000 state pensioners underpaid by total of £1.46bn

The Department for Work and Pensions started an exercise in January 2021 to address cases where people were being underpaid.

The Independent UK

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DWP mix-up means thousands of women issued £8,900 warning

It's not clear how many people are affected

Nottingham Post

Jump in people paying higher rates of tax

There are a projected 5.5 million higher rate income taxpayers in 2022/23, marking a 43.9% increase compared with 2019/20, HMRC said.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s ‘stealth tax’ creates 2 million new higher rate payers in just 3 years

Freeze in allowances means higher income tax rates no longer ‘reserved for very wealthiest’

The Independent UK

DWP looking at ways to fix State Pension payment error as millions receive wrong amount ‘for decades’

It is understood that 98% of over and underpayments are of 1p or 2p per week, and all are below 10p.

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Errors in state pension payments ‘go back decades’ with many people underpaid or overpaid

Government looks for urgent solution after mistakes dating back to 1980s discovered

Chronicle Live

DWP ‘looking at solutions’ to fix errors with state pension payments

The problem relates to an ageing computer system and has led to some people being underpaid or overpaid.

The Independent UK

Pensions ‘injustice’ leaves generation of women in crisis as inflation bites

Women born in the 1950s have been hard hit by rushed changes to the state pension age

The Guardian - UK

Women underpaid State Pension continue to challenge DWP over ‘married woman’s stamp’

If you think you may have been underpaid you should contact the Pension Service.

Daily Record

Women still falling victim to DWP pensions blunders despite action

Former pensions minister highlights errors still being made, despite action to correct past mistakes

Chronicle Live

DWP blunder sees mum told she had no pension despite working for years

The former pub worker is one of a number of women still being told incorrectly they are not entitled to a pension

Wales Online

‘Pension blunders still being made despite correction exercise’

Sir Steve Webb has written to Pensions Minister Guy Opperman, giving examples of recent state pension errors and calling for further action.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Warning to over-55s: don’t raid your pension pot to cope with inflation

As the cost of living soars, retirement savings are being viewed as a means of settling bills. We list reasons why this should be avoided

Daily Mirror

State pensioners underpaid by £1billion being 'cut off' by DWP call centre staff

The DWP estimates it has underpaid 134,000 pensioners, mostly women, over £1billion of their state pension entitlement, with some errors dating as far back as 1985 - but some are struggling to get that money back

Chronicle Live

Thousands of pensioners may be due money back after DWP errors

Mistakes mean that many state pensioners have been underpaid, including women who paid 'married woman's stamp'

Daily Mirror

Thousands of retired people may be OWED money after DWP pension errors

Mistakes made by the DWP mean that many state pensioners were underpaid, including women whose husbands passed away and older pensioners who paid married woman's stamps

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The Guardian - UK

Pensions: have you talked to your partner about retirement?

If couples make individual plans it could affect how much their partner receives when they die

Daily Record

Independence pensions row as ex-MP distances himself from Nicola Sturgeon claim

Ian Blackford claimed that older Scots would still be entitled to claim their UK state pension in the event of independence.

Daily Record

Check if you or family member due back State Pension arrears worth an average of £8,900 from DWP

The underpayment has been branded a ‘shameful shambles’ by a public spending watchdog.

Liverpool Echo

DWP error leaves thousands entitled to huge State Pension payments

The errors mostly affect widows, divorcees and women

The Independent UK

State pension underpayments are ‘shameful shambles’ – spending watchdog

The Department for Work and Pensions estimates it has underpaid 134,000 pensioners, mostly women, over £1 billion of their entitlement.

Nottingham Post

DWP State pension underpayments are ‘shameful shambles’, says spending watchdog

The DWP estimates it has underpaid 134,000 pensioners over £1 billion of their state pension entitlement

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