DWP rule means half a million people will get £902 State Pension boost

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More than 80,000 people across the UK are thought to be owed a total of £500m by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), mostly including married women, widows, and people over a certain age. The average sum owed to each of these people amounts to £6250 in money that was owed to them in the first place.

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Millions of workers across the UK will get a boost to their wages worth hundreds in less than a month.

Millions of people claiming their State Pension can look forward to an inflation-busting boost next month when payments rise by 8.5 per cent from April 8. Under the wages growth measure of the Triple Lock policy, those on the full New State Pension can expect an annual increase of £902, while those on the full Basic State Pension will see an uplift of £692.

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