'DWP refusing to engage with state pension underpayment strugglers' - parliament committee chair

Last month in the Spring Budget, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) admitted it is set to make payments totalling £3bn over the next six years to address underpayments of the state pension to women dating back two decades. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) Economic and Fiscal Outlook said the DWP had identified "underpayments of state pension relating to entitlements for certain married people, widows and over-80s back to 1992" who are now due redress from the government. However, in a letter sent on 20 April to Timms, and seen by Professional Adviser, pensions minist...