HUNDREDS of thousands are being urged to check if they are owed thousands of pounds in state pension due to a system error.
Some parents who claimed Child Benefit before 2000 are missing out on the extra cash due to gaps in their National Insurance (NI) records.
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His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has taken to X, formerly known as Twitter, to encourage those potentially affected, mainly women, to make an easy check.
Writing on the platform it said: “If you claimed Child Benefit before May 2000, you may be missing Home Responsibility Protection (HRP) from your National Insurance record.
“Claiming now may increase your State Pension. Complete our eligibility checker and see if you can claim.”
Those affected are parents who claimed Child Benefit before 2000 and are missing out on the extra cash due to gaps in their National Insurance (NI) records.
These mothers should have had ‘Home Responsibilities Protection’ (HRP) on their NI record since 1978 when they were raising children, but in many cases,…
