Families could get £1,000s in DWP repayments but must 'act now'
Update: 2025-05-22
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Families will now have to supply documents themselves to get state pension repayments after the DWP stopped its investigations into underpaymentsNewsRuby Flanagan and Charlotte Fisher15:14 , 16 Apr 2025Bereaved families have been told to 'act now' or risk losing money owed to them in state pension underpayments.Errors and mistakes by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in the past mean families could claim thousands of pounds in state pension money that should have been paid to their relatives.But families have been urged to act quickly to make sure they don't miss out, with underpayments ranging from a few hundred pounds to more than £100,000 in some cases, the Mirror reports.In a major update this month, families will now have to provide their own documents to the DWP if they want the money they are owed after the government department decided to end its investigations into underpayments.Affected families - or individuals who are personally owed state pension repayments - star...
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