davidmetcalfe22

I took early retirement in 2007 when I had enough NI contributions (30) for a full state pension, then the "goalposts" were moved in 2015 & now I am short of 5 years of contributions. I reached state pension age in 2021 & enquired about adding to my contributions. Unfortunately I was diagnosed with cancer at the same time, so I shelved the idea. Now I understand there is a deadline, but can I buy contributions for the years, say for example 2016-2020 in the future, & leave 2007-2015 blank, thus attaining 35 years of NI contributions or is their also an urgency to do this before the deadline.