Major pension update as tens of thousands get £300m after being underpaid
More than 14,500 over 80s got an average of £2,710 each.Shockingly, some of the underpayments go as far back as 1985.These retirees were unlikely to have a fullThey should have received increases to the basic state pension but didn't due to an error that the National Audit Office has blamed on complex rules and outdated IT systems that require claims to be made manually instead of being automated.
Their payments should have risen to 60% of their husband’s basic state pension, the amount women with lowIn the previous tax year when the issue was first uncovered, they would get £80.45 a week, 60% of their husband’s £134.25 a week.The injustice only affects wives who retired before 2016. After this date, women's pensions were no longer linked to their husbands.
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