HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has started writing to thousands of older people who may have been underpaid their State Pension due to missing information on their National Insurance (NI) record.
The issue affects mostly women in their 60s and 70s who may have Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) missing from their NI record.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HMRC are working together to find people affected and correct their records so they can receive the right amount of State Pension.
More than 200,000 women are due a share of underpayments totalling more than one billion pounds - equivalent to some £5,000 each.
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