250,000 people failing to claim hundreds of pounds a month
Experts say the Government should be doing more to make sure people claim what they are entitled to
250,000 people failing to claim hundreds of pounds a month
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Around a quarter of a million older people do not get a state pension, but many may be able to successfully make a claim, according to research.
Shocking figures show quarter of a million get no state pension
‘Government must do more’
Steve Webb: It is shocking that there are so many older people who are getting no state pension at all.
A quarter of a million older people who are entitled to some level of state pension are missing out on what is rightfully theirs due to little known rules and claims procedures, according to LCP.
Research from the pension consultant said latest population estimates state there are 8.78 million people in Great Britain aged 70 or over, but only 8.53 million get a state pension - a difference of a.
I was due an £82-a-week state pension but got nothing
By Kevin Peachey
Published
Bernie Weallans had a nagging feeling she was owed something from the state pension system.
The 73-year-old, who worked in the oil industry, did not qualify for a pension in her own right as most of her paid work was outside of the UK.
But having been married to British husband Martin, 70, for more than 40 years, she was actually entitled to a married woman s state pension when he retired.
She received nothing. Now she will get a regular pension of £82 a week, plus £20,000 in arrears for the pension which she missed out on.