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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a big update over state pension errors - as it administers £900 million extra to retirees.

Multiple errors in state pension payments have been highlighted in recent years. There is an ongoing major correction exercise on underpaid pensions to married women, widows and the over-80s.

A DWP spokesperson said: “We are committed to ensuring pensioners get the financial support they deserve and have so far reviewed over 900,000 customer records, with awards totalling over £900 million in arrears made.

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“Where errors do occur we are committed to resolving them, which is why we have paused deleting state pension records.” Earlier this year, the D

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