Rosemary Godfrey has likened the 'freezing' of her UK state pension for the past 30 years to 'elder abuse'
Rosemary Godfrey has likened the 'freezing' of her UK state pension for the past 30 years to 'elder abuse'Rosemary Godfrey marked her milestone 90th birthday this year with a big family party and a red, white and blue cake made by her granddaughter.Thirty years on from when she first claimed her UK state pension in 1994, she is still getting exactly the same amount of money.
She added: “Out here there’s a lot of talk these days about elder abuse, I liken it to that. They are withholding our money – that’s elder abuse, isn’t it?”does not have a reciprocal agreement with the UK. Originally from Farnham in Surrey, she worked as an infant school teacher for 11 years before moving abroad.She returned to teaching after having her family, working as supply teacher and then a reading specialist in schools in Australia, but did not qualify for state pension in Australia.
“I said I’m not doing it for me, I’m doing it for over 200,000 people in Australia in my position,” she said. “It is unfair.”
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