Steve Webb’s petition: After it hit 10,000 the Government was obliged to issue a formal response to him and all those who signed. The Government has begun the ‘significant task’ of searching its records for married women who might be underpaid state pension, it has revealed. It is also exploring how to check most effectively … Read more
Married women who were underpaid their state pensions in line for a £100m pay out By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 3 November 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 3 November 2020 Married women underpaid their state pensions are to win back more than £100 million. The Department for Work and Pensions … Read more
Some 1,900 women so far are confirmed to have lost out on state pension in a scandal uncovered by This is Money. Blunders were detected in one in four of the 7,200 cases processed to date by a 37-strong team at the Department for Work and Pensions, according to figures disclosed by its top official. … Read more
Petition: Hundreds of emails have poured in from readers anxious to know if they have missed out on state pension since we began our investigation Former Pensions Minister and This is Money columnist Steve Webb has launched a petition calling on the Government to trawl its records for all women underpaid state pension, including widows and … Read more
Audrey and Brian Watson: Couple from Staffordshire have spent months trying to persuade government to relent on her payout Elderly women who were underpaid state pension for more a decade are stepping up a battle with the Government for full backpayments. Audrey Watson, 81, pictured with husband Brian, received a 12-month backpayment of around £1,500 … Read more
Boohoo supplier was hit with a £15m bill after failing to pay its staff the national minimum wage By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:27 BST, 14 July 2020 | Updated: 23:27 BST, 14 July 2020 Staffline has supplied agency workers to Boohoo’s warehouses for around four years A supplier to Boohoo was hit … Read more
State pension scandal: Labour raised the issue in parliament The heirs of elderly women who die without realising they were underpaid massive sums in state pension will receive the money, the Government has confirmed. Tens of thousands of women are owed a fortune in lost state pension due to a huge blunder uncovered by This … Read more
It’s time the Government faces up to the state pension scandal and pays ALL the women owed money, says JACK DROMEY MP By Jack Dromey For This Is Money Published: 07:35 BST, 9 July 2020 | Updated: 07:35 BST, 9 July 2020 Jack Dromey: ‘Labour wants to know how many women have been affected, who … Read more
Government spurns calls for full proactive effort to make payouts to women losing out out on thousands of pounds in state pension Labour urged Pensions Minister Guy Opperman to launch a full investigation Tens of thousands of elderly women could be owed an estimated £100million ‘Many don’t know yet to this day,’ says Shadow Pensions … Read more
How many state pensions have been underpaid? Steve Webb joins the This is Money podcast to discuss our investigation By This Is Money Published: 17:59 BST, 15 May 2020 | Updated: 17:59 BST, 15 May 2020 Underpaid state pensions, the reopening of the property market and whether house prices will fall and the furlough scheme extension, … Read more