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A state pension warning has been issued to millions of retirees who risk losing thousands. Millions of state pension records could soon be wiped, making it almost impossible for some families to claim back payments that were never received.

A new FOI reply received by former Liberal Democrats Pensions Minister Sir Steve Webb has revealed that there is a risk of millions of historic state pension records being deleted, making it virtually impossible to correct past errors in state pension payments.

LCP Partner Steve Webb has been investigating this issue and tabled an FOI request to DWP to ask about plans for deletion of records. Whilst the temporary embargo on deletions (started in 2021) is still in place, the FOI reply says:

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