ITV viewers have been left with the same complaint after The Martin Lewis Money Show this evening.
On the show, expert Martin, 50, told viewers that he knows a trick to add £5,500 to your state pension pot.
ITV viewers were left with the same complaint after Martin Lewis’ show this evening
Martin explained that the new state pension system was introduced in 2016, and requires you to pay National Insurance in at least 35 separate qualifying years to claim the max amount.
He directed viewers to the Gov.uk website, but as people rushed to check if they could boost their state pension they quickly realised the site had crashed.
The star tweeted straight after the programme: “OK it looks like we’ve crashed the govt site too now…”
Social media was quick to pick up on what had happened, with one person writing: “You’ve broken the website,” followed by a laughing emoji.
Another said: “Annnnd it’s broken the gov website,” while a third shared: “You’ve crashed the Government Gateway site.”
Another person said: “I keep getting the same unavailable message on the site.”
The website crashed and instead appeared with a message saying “sorry, this service is unavailable.”
Discussing state pensions on the show, the 50-year-old explained that those who started their NI record before 2016 may need more than 40 years to qualify.
Those people will be able to buy extra years for £800 per year to become eligible.
Martin explained: “This is the bit that’s time sensitive. Until April 2023 you can buy National Insurance years back to 2006. After that, you can only go back 6 years. So if you have national insurance gaps between 2006 and 2017 you need to decide soon whether you are going to buy them or you will lose the opportunity to do so.
“One year of National Insurance eligibility costs £800 and it adds around £275 a year to your state pension. So the break-even point is three years.
“So if you live three years beyond the state pension age, you’re quids in.”
Martin shared the link for National Insurance here
The Gov.uk website crashed as viewers rushed to check
told viewers that he knows a trick to add £5,500 to your state pension pot
