PPersonal finance Read More I ‘contracted out’ when Margaret Thatcher was PM – did it benefit my pension? STEVE WEBB repliesOctober 13, 2025 In the 1980s during Margaret Thatcher’s time as Prime Minister, when I was in my 20s, we were…
PPersonal finance Read More My Catalan wife has lived in Britain for 45 years but gets no state pension – why is this? STEVE WEBB repliesSeptember 29, 2025 My partner is a Catalan women who has been a resident in the UK for 45 years, and…
PPersonal finance Read More Did YOU request a state pension top-up callback? Over-66s in Britain now dealt with, says DWPSeptember 19, 2025 More than half a million people bombarded the Department of Work and Pensions with callback requests about state…
PPersonal finance Read More Despairing pensioner hunts for lost £3,200 state pension top-up for THREE AND A HALF yearsSeptember 3, 2025 A 69-year-old retired nurse whose £3,200 state pension top-up went missing for three and a half years was…
PPersonal finance Read More I delayed taking my state pension so why have I received a tax demand for last year? STEVE WEBB repliesAugust 25, 2025 I am a single woman who turned 66 in July 2024 and would have been entitled to the…