DWP

Victims of the tax blunder which will see 1.4 million people asked to pay cash back to the taxman may qualify for increased benefits to soften the blow.

A mammoth 1.5 million over 60s might be entitled to the pension credit benefit but are not claiming, says the Department for Work and Pensions.

Hundreds of thousands of pensioners will see their benefit entitlement rise by up to £415 a year from today.

The Government will allow those who tried but failed to boost their state pension last week – before top-up prices rocketed by 50% today – more time to pay the reduced rates.

Millions of adults who want to buy additional National Insurance (NI) to top-up their state pension entitlement have been given more time to pay at the current price – before it's due to rocket by 50% on Monday.