Check your state pension now as ‘£800 investment could bring you thousands’ | Personal Finance | Finance
Not everyone is entitled to the full new state pension – to get the full amount, people need to have 35 years of NI contributions, while some may fall under the basic state pension rules.
Some people miss out on pension money, especially women who take time out to look after children, but there is a way to make sure people are getting what they deserve.
On ITV’s Lorraine today, Claer Barrett, Consumer Editor at the Financial Times, said: “When you get to state pension age, you’ll only get the full [new] state pension if you’ve got 35 years of contributions.
“But you can go online – there’s a really good free Government website – GOV.UK – where you can see if you’ve got any gaps and at the moment you can pay around £800 a year to fill a missing year.”
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