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Digital Exclusion and National Insurance credits

Digitally excluded, an elderly couple have their accounts frozen. And a new digital service launches which could boost your future state pension.

Digitally excluded. An elderly couple have their accounts frozen because their documents were out of date - despite having being customers for their bank for nearly two decades. We hear from Tom and Marian Doughty who say they were left with weeks of sleepless nights.

Can you boost your state pension by filling old gaps in your national insurance record? A new online calculator from the Department for Work and Pensions and HMRC aims to answer that. The Treasury says the new service will bring β€œpeace of mind” to people planning for their retirement and could help β€œthousands” of pensioners.

Royal Mail has suspended the Β£5 penalty it charged people for letters sent with a new barcoded stamp which its machines had identified as fake.

And what happens to your home when you break up with someone? Should you make a financial plan when the relationship is going well, in case it doesn't in the future?

Presenter: Paul Lewis
Reporter: Dan Whitworth and Jo Krasner
Researcher: Sandra Hardial
Studio producer: Sarah Rogers
Editor: Neil Morrow

(This episode was first broadcast on the 4th of May, 2024).

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Sun 5 May 2024 21:00

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  • Sat 4 May 2024 12:04
  • Sun 5 May 2024 21:00

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