Women over State Pension age could be due up to £6,900 in back payments this year

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State Pension payments are set to increase by 10.1 per cent from April for some 12.6million people across Great Britain, including 992,052 living in Scotland. However, despite a record-breaking rise in payments of the contributory benefit, it is estimated that around 1.8 million pensioners are receiving less than £100 per week in State Pension payments.

The government is set to delay plans to raise the state pension age to 68 amid concerns of a backlash from voters, according to reports. Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride is expected to address MPs in the Commons on Thursday (March 30), when he is expected to update them on the latest statutory review on the pension age.

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Labour MP Kate Osborne has called on the UK Government to “urgently put forward a compensation package” for women born in the 1950s who have been affected by changes to their State Pension age. An estimated 3.8million women across Great Britain missed out on State Pension payments due to a change in retirement age.

Martin Lewis has shared essential advice for anyone unable to get through to the Future Pension Centre to buy missing National Insurance (NI) years in order to boost their State Pension entitlement. The UK Government recently extended the deadline from April 5 to July 31 due to a surge in demand for the service and has frozen the prices of each year.

Plans to bring forward a planned rise in the State Pension age to 68 have reportedly been put on hold amid falling life expectancy across the UK and fears of a backlash from middle-aged voters. The Financial Times reports that ministers have now decided to delay a decision on the increase until after the next general election.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is encouraging older people with a physical or mental health condition, or a disability, to check if they are entitled to Attendance Allowance, which is currently worth either £61.85 or £92.40 each week.

State Pension provides essential financial support every four weeks for 12.6 million people across the UK, including around one million living in Scotland. This regular payment of up to £185.15 per week for the Full, new State Pension or £141.85 per week for the basic old State Pension (Category A or B) is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which increased to 66 for both men and women in October 2020.

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State Pension currently provides essential financial support for 12.6 million older people across the country, including more than one million retirees living in Scotland. This regular payment is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which is currently 66 for both men and women, and have paid at least 10 years' worth of National Insurance Contributions.

The UK Government recently announced that people now have until the end of July to plug any gaps in their National Insurance record which will in turn boost their State Pension payments when they reach the official retirement age. The April 5 deadline was extended until July 31 after phone lines to the Future Pension Centre became jammed as people rushed to buy missing years.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been accused of “incompetence” and sending out incorrect information about the State Pension age by Labour’s Andrew Gwynne. The Denton and Reddish MP called for justice for women born in the 1950s who have been affected by changes to their State Pension age.

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A wide variety of DWP benefit payments will be increasing soon.

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The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has confirmed that a review of the State Pension age is “under way”. Mel Stride MP told the House of Commons that he will consider a wide range of evidence, including two independent reports, to assess whether the “rules on pensionable age remain appropriate”.

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