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Pension credit suspension

jaycie · 2025-07-16 10:30:59

My husband had his pension credit suspended without us being informed. We found out when it was not paid into the bank. We found out that it was because I had not claimed my pension at the end of may because as I don't think I will have anything. We have told the council because of our housing benefit and council tax. I…

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QrizB Posts: 18,437 Forumite

24 July at 9:00AM edited 24 July at 9:01AM

You should have received an invitation letter about 2-3 months before you reached state pension age. This will have told you how much State pension you qualified for.
It's unfortunate that this didn't arrive, but it's a common problem; there are plenty of threads on these forums about missing letters.
All you can do now is wait for DWP to get back to you, unless you want to try calling them and asking when your pension will be paid and how much you're getting?

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