Andy Burnham bumper £834 payments for state pensioners born before 1950

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Payments of between £100 and £300 will be issued later this year to pensioners born before June 28, 1960.

The money is worth between £2-300 and most can get it if they have reached State Pension age

Officials now say only people born before date will get the payment this year

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