6,000 eligible UK women may receive up to £45,604 in backdated state pension payments.

A pension loophole could allow eligible UK women to receive backdated state pension payments of up to £45,604. Women who reached state pension age before April 2016, had no basic state pension, and whose husbands turned 65 before March 17, 2008, may be eligible for this payment. Those receiving less than 60% of their husband's state pension might be entitled to up to 60% of their partner's pension amount. This is possible due to a rule that allows women in this specific group to claim back underpaid pensions all the way back to when their husband started drawing his state pension.

August 04, 2024
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