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Underpaid State Pension: Check Your NI Record for Missing HRP

Errors in State Pension Due to Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) estimates it has underpaid between £300m and £1.5billion of state pension because of errors with the recording of Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP). HRP was a scheme designed to help protect parents’ and carers’ […]

Did you reach State Pension age between 6/4/2010 and 5/4/2015? 

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Did you reach State Pension age between 6/4/2010 and 5/4/2015?  Here is some help on how you can top up any missing years… The DWP has published updated guidance for those who reached State Pension age between 6 April 2010 and 5 April 2015 on how they can top up […]

Happy 5th Birthday Pensions Freedoms

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Can anyone remember when Pensions Freedom came in?  Just me?  Apparently not.  The Financial Conduct Authority have just conducted an outcome review to see how pension providers have adapted to all the changes.  This has been delayed because of the “awfulness” until February 2021. As a financial planner (and a […]