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New State Pension underpayment campaign aims to help mothers across the UK fix DWP entitlement errors

Mothers across the country may be due a lump sum in arrears and an increase to their weekly State Pension payment.

Daily Record · Sep 2, 2022

DWP State Pension claimants issued warning as mothers could be underpaid

Those who are claim state pension are being urged to check if they are being underpaid as thousands could be missing out on hundreds of pounds due to a mistake.

Glasgow Live · Sep 1, 2022

Women over State Pension age urged to check if they are eligible for backdated payments

Six groups of women over the State Pension age may be eligible for money amid backdated payments after a report by the DWP revealed many have have been underpaid.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 5, 2022

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 · Jul 8, 2022

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 · Jul 7, 2022

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

It's not clear how many people are affected

Nottingham Post · Jul 7, 2022

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 · Jun 30, 2022

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 · Jun 30, 2022

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.

Daily Record · Jun 17, 2022

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 · Jun 17, 2022