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Elderly woman on state pension of £11 a week receives almost £19k after our probe: DWP slammed for fobbing off women who question it over errorsBatul Khanbhai, 70, has payments hiked to £67.49 after battling for months Cross-party pressure mounts on DWP to address underpayments scandal Tens of thousands of elderly women could be owed an estimated £100million Mrs Khanbhai gets apology plus £100 consolatory payment from DWP:  Read its full response belowBy Tanya Jefferies for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 02:36 EDT, 15 October 2020 | Updated: 10:00 EDT, 15 October 2020

Time to plan your legacy.com: From online passwords to photos and music, writing a will for the digital age has never been more importantAs we store more of our lives online our wills have to reflect this tooPossessions include money on banking apps as well as photos and videos You should keep an up-to-date list of all the places where you hold accounts It may be advisable to make sure a trusted person can log onto your computer  By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 17:01 EDT, 13 October 2020 | Updated: 04:12 EDT, 14 October 2020

We handed over your complaints about the licence fee for the over-75s: These are the questions the BBC was too arrogant to answerThe Mail on Sunday answers the questions about your licence fee The BBC revealed earlier this year it was going to charge over 75’s  We reveal whether you need to contact the TV Licensing firm if you haven’t heard from them By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 16:52 EDT, 10 October 2020 | Updated: 05:05 EDT, 12 October 2020

Why did I get a free state pension credit while in school, but none in my university years? Steve Webb repliesBy Steve Webb for This Is Money Published: 02:42 EDT, 12 October 2020 | Updated: 02:42 EDT, 12 October 2020

Stick shares in your pension with no dealing fees: Freetrade to launch a Sipp to rival Hargreaves Lansdown, Interactive Investor and AJ BellFreetrade was founded in 2015 and offers a ‘freemium’ share dealing serviceUsers can invest in shares, ETFs, and investment trusts but not fundsThis is Money can exclusively reveal a Sipp, set to launch in December, will have a monthly cost of £9.99 and for Freetrade Plus members, £7 per monthBy Jayna Rana For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 06:22 EDT, 7 October 2020 | Updated: 10:36 EDT, 7 October 2020

The silver splitter women who don’t get their pension share: Women who divorced later in life are missing out on thousands of poundsThere has been a surge in so called ‘silver splitters’ since the turn of the century   A married woman is entitled to the equivalent of 60% of husband’s basic rate A divorcee can claim a bigger pension of up to 100 per cent of their husband’sThe problem can affect those who reached state pension age before April 2016By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 17:01 EDT, 6 October 2020 | Updated: 06:11 EDT, 7 October 2020

VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Fix this pension outrage before more women are denied the retirement they deserveBy Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 17:00 EDT, 6 October 2020 | Updated: 04:36 EDT, 7 October 2020

State pension age rises to 66 TODAY: Should people be allowed to draw state pension early but receive smaller payouts?Rise in state pension age kicks in today – all must be 66 to receive it Full state pension is currently £175.20 a week, or around £9,100 a yearSome experts are calling for early-access to it for lower payouts By Tanya Jefferies for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 08:53 EDT, 6 October 2020 | Updated: 10:17 EDT, 6 October 2020

My final salary pension is being moved to an insurer – can I now invest my pot in a drawdown scheme? Steve Webb repliesBy Steve Webb for This Is Money Published: 02:42 EDT, 5 October 2020 | Updated: 02:42 EDT, 5 October 2020

Pension giant Aviva promises £32bn fund belonging to 2m savers will meet 2050 green climate targetAviva is the second major pension provider to declare new climate strategy State-backed Nest announced plans to switch investments of its 9m membersNest’s move affects more savers, but its fund is worth around £12.2bnCelebrity film director Richard Curtis and ex-BoE governor Mark Carney are campaigning to get all pension funds to follow suit By Tanya Jefferies for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 08:57 EDT, 2 October 2020 | Updated: 11:00 EDT, 2 October 2020