The Latest Breaking News from National Insurance

More than 9.7 million older people are on the Basic State Pension worth up to £141 per week.

Nearly two million older people receive less than £100 each week in State Pension payments.

Carer’s Allowance is not included in the list of qualifying benefits, meaning unpaid carers could miss out on the payment worth up to £900

Here's everything you need to know

You need at least 10 years of National Insurance contributions to get any State Pension, and 35 qualifying years to get the full amount

Frantic talks have been held

Three of the show's biggest names are set to walk

ITV has been affected by HMRC changes

Loose Women stars are embroiled in a row over pay behind the scenes of the ITV chat show – and some of the show's panellists have even threatened to leave the programme if things aren't fixed

An investigation found that people on Universal Credit were having their state pension record "manually" corrected when they were within four months of turning the state pension age rather than automatically like the DWP report

You need at least 10 years of National Insurance contributions to get any State Pension payment and at least 35 years for the full amount - and it's a sliding scale in between