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And outdated technology led to an estimated £1 billion worth of state pensions being underpaid to more than 100,000 people. a report by the national audit office into failures at the department for work and pensions found problems mainly affecting women dating back to the 1980s. the department says it's dedicating significant resources to correcting the errors and that it's improved staff training to ensure it doesn't happen again. earlier on breakfast, the former pensions minister steve webb had this advice for those who think they might have been underpaid. they should be traced by dwp, for...

Climate change. years of repeated human errors and outdated technology led to an estimated i—billion pounds' worth of state pensions being underpaid to more than ioo—thousand people. according to a report by the national audit office, 134,000 pensioners, mainly women were underpaid pensions because outdated computer systems in the 19805 led to mistakes. in total the department for work and pensions is expecting to pay the affected pensioners a total ofjust over £1 billion — that's an average of £8,900 for each person affected. here's our business reporter, sarah corker. for nearly a de...

A man has been charged with four counts of murder after a mother and three children were found dead in derbyshire on sunday. 31—year—old damien bendall is accused of killing terri harris, her children john paul and lacey, and theirfriend connie gent, in killamarsh near sheffield. he'll appear at southern derbyshire magistrates�* court later. detectives investigating the murder of lyra mckee in londonderry in 2019 have arrested two men. they are 2a and 29 and were detained in derry. they have been taken to belfast to be questioned under the terrorism act. lyra mckee was a 29—year old jo...

She is one of thousands of women in their 70s and 80s who missed out on large sums of money because of government errors. i think it's scandalous. i think that the fact that you have to battle for something that's rightfully yours is awful, because i was lucky, i've got richard to help me, but anybody who's a widow, and perhaps not financially up with it, and they're perhaps struggling on the breadline, it could make a tremendous difference. irene has now been paid the £7000 she was owed, but it was a battle, and she is far from alone. these errors relate to married women who had small state ...

The £7,000 she was owed, but it was a battle and she's far from alone. these errors relate to married women who had small state pensions. they were eligible to claim 60% of their husbands contributions. but complex rules and errors by the dwp meant that for decades, they were underpaid. the errors date back to 1985, affecting an estimated 134,000 pensioners, including some married women, widows and the over 80s. they are collectively owed more than £1 billion. the national audit office found there were repeated human errors over many years at the department for work and pensions, blamed on c...