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DWP stopped paying my state pension

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  • LHW99
    LHW99 Posts: 5,489 Forumite
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    I understand (no experience) that phone calls can be picked up quicker at 8am (UK time)
  • outtatune said:
    They probably did write to your address but for some reason the letter wasn't delivered.
    Very unlikely. I would say Malta Post is more reliable than the The Royal Mail.
    “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
    ― Groucho Marx
  • molerat
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    outtatune said:
    They probably did write to your address but for some reason the letter wasn't delivered.
    Very unlikely. I would say Malta Post is more reliable than the The Royal Mail.
    Who suggested it even got as far as Malta ?

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