Money saving expert Martin Lewis issues warning to women over 66 who could miss out on a one-off payment worth tens of thousands of pounds

Martin Lewis has issued a warning to mostly female pensioners over the age of 66 – who might be missing out on a one-off payout of ‘tens and thousands of pounds’. The money saving expert, 51, from Manchester, appeared on Good Morning Britain earlier today to raise awareness of a pension calculation error that left more than 200,000 people underpaid. 'Hundreds of thousands of people aged over 66, mostly women, who took time off work for childcare responsibilities between 1978 and 2010 may have had their national insurance miscalculated because they may have been eligible for what’s called Home Responsibilities Protection, where they should have got national insurances credit and they didn’t.' Good Morning Britain hosts Susannah Reid and Richard Madeley welcomed the money saving expert on to the show this morning to here of the payout Martin Lewis has warned Brits that an error in National Insurance records, affecting anyone who took time off work to care for family between 1978 and 2010, means you could receive the government payout of 'tens of thousands of pounds' The pending payments may be 'worth tens out thousands of pounds' added on to state pensions. Hundreds of thousands of people will receive one.’ A Government spokesperson said: 'We have identified and are correcting an issue related to the historical recording of Home Responsibilities Protection on the National Insurance records for people who first claimed Child Benefit before May 2000.