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'Staggering' difference in state pension payouts revealed by DWP State pension payouts can vary from as little as £7 a week to £230 due to the ‘staggering' complexity of current regulations, the pensions minster has said. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said the difference - which can amount to £10,000 a year - is down to the level of basic and additional state pension paid out under the present rules. About 130,000 people get £7 or less a week and the same number of people get £230 or more a week, it said. To read more click HERE Provider rejects more esoteric SIP...