THOUSANDS of Brits have been handed extra time to get a payment boost of £1,000s.
The government has announced that more time has been given for people to plug the gaps in their National Insurance (NI) record to boost their state pension.
A government scheme which allows people to fill in gaps in their history was set to end in April before being extended to July.
It has now been extended for a second time to April 5, 2025.
People often have gaps if they were unemployed, on a low income, or self-employed.
You need 35 years’ worth of NI Contributions (NICs) to get the full pension amount which is worth £185.15 per week, based on the 2022-23 rates.
Households were set to have until July 31 to backdate any missing payments in the last 17 years.
After this date, they would have only been able to backdate payments by up to six years.
