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For 20 years. and rosemary chattell is not alone, she is just one of more than 100,000 people, mostly women, who are owed an estimated £1 billion. her sonjohn is with us now. and alsojoining us from london is the former pensions minister sir steve webb, who brought the department of work and pension s mistake to light. good morning, gentlemen. ifi good morning, gentlemen. if i could come to you first, john, what was your mother s situation, what went wrong? your mother s situation, what went wron: ? . , , your mother s situation, what went wron: ? ., , , ., , your mother s situation, what went wron.? ., , , .,, wrong? originally, she was in care, and i was looking wrong? originally, she was in care, and i was looking into wrong? originally, she was in care, and i was looking into her- wrong? originally, she was in care, and i was looking into her affairs i and i was looking into her affairs backin and i was looking into her affairs back in 2020 and i found the pension was pretty l ....
The dwp said it wrote to them at the time about applying for an increase, but those the bbc has spoken to say they received no such letter. and for others, it s come too late. rosemary has dementia and is in a care home in cheshire. she ll never know about this life changing amount of money. sarah corker, bbc news. it s exactly 50 days until the delayed summer olympic games are due to start in tokyo. however, debate is still raging, over whether they should go ahead at all. the international olympic committee insists the games will be safe, but not everyone injapan is convinced. last week a state of emergency was extended because of a fourth wave of covid infections. from tokyo, rupert wingfield hayes has more. applause. this is sport in the time of covid. cheering is strictly forbidden. masks are mandatory. and thermal cameras scan ....
Nonetheless. however, the government next week will have to be in the tricky position of having to defend cuts to international aid in the same week it hosts a g7 summit. james landale, thank you. thousands of women who ve been underpaid in their state pensions are challenging the government as they won t be fully repaid. around 200,000 women are owed £2.7 billion, and those affected are being traced. but some women fear they ll never receive the full amount they re owed. here s our business correspondent, sarah corker. in the 11 years before she went into care, she would have done quite a few other things. i think it s really poor, i think you shouldn t have to fight for what s rightfully yours. for two decades, rosemary chattell was underpaid her state pension. it was her son, john, who first realised something was wrong. 0n the fourth time of asking, the department for work and pensions agreed to investigate and the scale of the error came as a shock. came back to me about another ....
I think it s really poor, i think you shouldn t have to fight for what s rightfully yours. for two decades, rosemary chattell was underpaid her state pension. it was her son, john, who first realised something was wrong. 0n the fourth time of asking, the department for work and pensions agreed to investigate and the scale of the error came as a shock. came back to me about another day later and said it was £107,852. came back to me about another day later and said it was £107,852. which is an amazing amount, and that s because she was never given a portion of the old man s pension when he died 20 years ago. what was your reaction when you heard just how much your mum had been underpaid for 20 years? it s just astonishing, isn t it? i mean, my first thought was for her and the other things that she could have done, anyway, and the life she had with the extra money in her pension to live off, but also other people out there who must be also in the same position and may not know they ar ....