Three months ago she realised she might have a claim while watching The Martin Lewis Money Show on ITV - and it's fair to say it worked out. "At the time Robin died I got a very basic state pension," Jill said. But she didn't realise that she had a claim on her husband's pensions too until she saw Martin's show 12 years later. (Image: Get Reading)Martin said: "This is hundreds of thousands of women who could be missing out on thousands of pounds on the state pension." The reason is that married women who hit state pension age before April 2016 should get a minimum of 60% of their husband's state pension amount.

Source: Daily Mirror October 29, 2020 20:58 UTC