Hundreds of thousands of women over the age of 70 are being underpaid for their state pension to the tune of £1,000 a year ⬇️ Here's what you need to know
This was designed to allow parents to reduce costs when bringing up children – and then, on retiring, they could claim a “married woman’s rate” that would bump up their state pension to 60 per cent of their husband’s basic state pension.
There were problems with both groups receiving their money, but the DWP is only contacting the latter group and not the former. It argues that the onus is on those women to know about this entitlement and claim it, but campaigners say many won’t be aware of this and will be continuing living on less than they are entitled to.
The disclosure said: “After 17 March 2008, married women in this position should have got an automatic uplift to the 60 per cent rate when their husband drew his pension, and if this did not happen, DWP will try to find people and put things right. All of these women have potentially been missing out on a higher pension for at least 15 years. If they applied now they would get an increase but it would only be backdated for 12 months.If you reduced your NI credits, and your husband is on the basic state pension rate of £141.85, then you should be getting £85 in basic pension – so if you are not you need to claim the uplift.
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