Former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb has hit out at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over letters sent to grieving families asking them to return overpaid pension payments without ...

An important leaflet included with the letter could potentially boost annual income by an average of £4,200. Each year, the DWP includes information about claiming Pension Credit along with the ...

The Department for Work and Pensions overpaid more than £500 million of state pension and pension credit payments into accounts of those who had died over five years (Lucy North/PA) Letters sent ...

Letters sent to bereaved relatives asking them to return pension payments made in error do not make clear it is optional, a former pensions minister has said. Sir ...

Sir Steve Webb said the letters from the Department for Work and Pensions do not make clear that repaying the money is voluntary. The Department for Work and Pensions overpaid more than £500 ...

Every pensioner will receive a letter from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) before the payments go up on April 7, this usually arrives in March. It’s important for everyone who ...