Some 210,000 pensioners across the country will receive letters in brown envelopes from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) informing them if they are entitled to £5,000 payments. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced lump sums averaging this amount have started being awarded to women underpaid the state pension, who claimed Child Benefit between 1978 and 2000. Why are pensioners receiving £5,000 payments? This underpayment is a result of issues coming from missing Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) and National Insurance credits. HRP was created to safeguard parents’ and care…
