Older people on Basic State Pension may be due back pay of up to £11,650 next year

Older people who have been widowed and their State Pension was not increased to include any amounts they are entitled to inherit from their late husband, wife or civil partner, may be due more than £11,600 in backdated payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Earlier this month, Viscount Younger of Leckie told the House of Lords the overall number of State Pension cases to be reviewed for possible underpayments is “approximately 678,000”, of which, the DWP estimates …