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Home Responsibilities Protection: State Pension Error May Owe Thousands over £5,000 Back - How to Claim
THE UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 29 – The UK Government faces an estimated £145.6bn pension cost driven by the triple lock system and considers means testing to reduce welfare spending amid a large budget deficit.
- The Department for Work and Pensions identified 5,344 State Pension underpayments totaling around £42 million between January and September 2024.
- These underpayments stem from gaps in National Insurance contributions for people, mainly women, who took time off work to care for children or disabled relatives between 1978 and 2010 without receiving Home Responsibilities Protection.
- The government previously contacted claimants but has now stopped outreach despite ongoing corrections expected to continue, while the welfare budget faces pressure to reduce costs.
- Sir Steve Webb noted that most individuals who missed out were women, some of whom had been undercompensated for many years or unfortunately passed away without ever receiving the correct State Pension.
- This situation implies many pensioners could still be owed significant sums, highlighting the need for urgent resolution amid the government’s efforts to control pension spending.
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Means test the state pension - pensioners today have become too selfish
More than 12 million people receive the state pension in the UK, costing the Government an estimated £145.6bn. This level of spending, accelerated by the triple-lock promise, has been deemed unsustainable for our economy. Means-testing – assessing an individual’s income or assets to determine eligibility – could be a solution. Proponents suggest that it would allow the Government to target those in need while potentially reducing public spending…
·London, United Kingdom
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Martin Lewis warns of State Pension 'error' as up to 100,000 women could be owed thousands by HMRC - Manchester Evening News
If you took time off work from 1978 to 2010 to look after children or someone with a long term disability you could be owed money back due to Government underpayments
·Manchester, United Kingdom
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