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134,000 pensioners underpaid over £1 billion in state pensions

News Team, 24/09/2021

The UK's Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has estimated that it underpaid 134,000 pensioners over £1 billion in State Pension. 

This was due to repeated human errors over many years, some level of which was almost inevitable given the complex rules and high degree of manual review necessary when assessing claims, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

The errors affect pensioners w...


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