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‘I’m 70, and my husband’s weekly state pension is £7 more than mine – am I being underpaid?’
‘My wife, 76, is paraplegic after falling from a horse in 1984 – why doesn’t she get state pension?’
‘In 1988, two greedy young men in shiny suits sold me a pension – now I am in utter despair’
‘My wife’s pension is stuck in a failed firm – and she’s still paying the adviser who put it there’
‘I’m receiving the state pension while working – should I defer until I retire to save on tax?’
‘How can I maximise pension tax relief when I have an unpredictable income?’

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