I was left £5,000 short after 6 months waiting for 明言する/公表する 年金 - and the DWP 申し込む/申し出d just £50 to say sorry

  • The 68-year-old tried for months to (人命などを)奪う,主張する his 年金, and made two (民事の)告訴s
  • Merrick Ratcliffe has received a £50 special 支払い(額) to 認める the 延期する
  • 明言する/公表する 年金 延期するd? Email?pensionquestions@thisismoney.co.uk

Payments delayed: Merrick Ratcliffe spent six months struggling to claim his state pension

支払い(額)s 延期するd: Merrick Ratcliffe spent six months struggling to (人命などを)奪う,主張する his 明言する/公表する 年金

A 68-year-old left almost £5,000 short after 存在 軍隊d to wait almost six months to receive his 明言する/公表する 年金 has been 申し込む/申し出d just £50 to say sorry.

It was only after This is Money stepped in that Merrick Ratcliffe got an 陳謝 and nearly £5,000 in arrears from the Department for Work and 年金s.

He also received a £50 special 支払い(額) to 認める the 延期する to getting his 年金 started - a sum he 解任するd as somewhere between 'derisory' and 'woeful' after his experiences.

The 兵たん業務 and 配当 行政官/管理者 from Norfolk had 延期するd taking his 明言する/公表する 年金 when he first reached 明言する/公表する 年金 age more than two years ago.

Many people choose to 延期する taking their 明言する/公表する 年金 in 交流 for higher 支払い(額)s later in 退職.

Mr Ratcliffe had first (人命などを)奪う,主張するd a 明言する/公表する 年金 when he turned 66, but 逆転するd his 決定/判定勝ち(する) and repaid what he got then, which he explains is because he received 'misinformation' from the DWP at the time.

But he started a new 使用/適用 last October, and subsequently made 非常に/多数の phone calls and two 公式の/役人 (民事の)告訴s when his 支払い(額)s didn't begin.

He says DWP staff 約束d a 経営者/支配人 would call him but this didn't happen, and wrongly told him a letter of entitlement had been produced but not 地位,任命するd, though he later learned this was still not ready.

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Mr Ratcliffe 接触するd This is Money and told us last month : 'The 使用/適用 for the 明言する/公表する 年金 is no その上の 今後. Even after this period of time. I am 知らせるd that all 要求するd (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) is 完全にする.'

He said he had 繰り返して asked the DWP for help, but had received no answers and was at a loss to know the 権利 questions to ask staff to get his 年金 支払い(額)s under way.

And he 追加するd: 'I need the money now. I am still working but I 減ずるd my hours to 19 hours a week. That won't 支払う/賃金 my 法案s.'

After we 介入するd, Mr Ratcliffe received £4,978 but no paperwork with it, and he is waiting for his 高めるd 月毎の 支払い(額)s to start this month.

Are you trying to get 明言する/公表する 年金 支払い(額)s started??

If you are experiencing 延期するs making an 初期の (人命などを)奪う,主張する at age 66 or ending a deferment later, tell us your story at: pensionquestions@thisismoney.co.uk

Please put DWP CLAIMS in the 支配する line.

You can also 接触する your MP. If you are an expat, you can 接触する the MP in the last 選挙区/有権者 you lived in and still request help. Find your MP here.

Former 年金s 大臣 Steve Webb, who is This is Money's columnist and a partner at LCP, has tips on asking MPs for help here.

'The downside is that 単に £50 is to be given by way of 補償(金) for the total 延期する. Nothing more,' he told us.?

'HMRC have すぐに begun to 税金 the lump sum in 超過 of the 税金 code at 20 per cent.'

A DWP spokesperson says: 'We are sorry for the 延期する 問題/発行するing Mr Ratcliffe’s 明言する/公表する 年金 and we have now finalised his (人命などを)奪う,主張する and 問題/発行するd arrears. Where errors do occur, we are committed to 直す/買収する,八百長をするing them as soon as possible.'

Two other readers recently 接触するd us about long 延期するs after they 試みる/企てるd to end 明言する/公表する 年金 deferments last October, but they both managed to 解決する this themselves with the DWP after five-month waits.?

If you are struggling to get 明言する/公表する 年金 支払い(額)s started, see the box on 権利 for how to 接触する us.

Between autumn 2021 and late 2022, we covered many 事例/患者s of readers getting into difficulty or even 軍隊d into hardship 予定 to such 延期するs - with expats, people trying to end deferments and those trying to buy 最高の,を越す-ups experiencing the longest waits.

The DWP 結局 appeared to 解決する 延期するs to starting 年金 支払い(額)s, as (民事の)告訴s to our inbox about this 乾燥した,日照りのd up.

But problems buying 最高の,を越す-ups より悪くするd 劇的な に引き続いて a 抱擁する 急ぐ in 購入(する)s in spring 2023.?

We have helped many readers whose 支払い(額)s to 上げる their 明言する/公表する 年金s have gone 行方不明の for months, and in some 事例/患者s years.