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If you're over 80 you can get your State Pension topped up to £101.55 a week in 2024 to 2025 - for men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953
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Refugees who came to the UK as part of the Kindertransport may be eligible for an increased State Pension because of recent changes in the law
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