Some older people living abroad receive just £24 each week in State Pension payments.
Nearly 21,000 people have signed an online petition calling for an end to the practice of ‘freezing’ the State Pension for retirees living in a country which does not have a reciprocal agreement with the UK Government, even though they have paid the maximum number of National Insurance qualifying years during their working life.
Anne Puckidge, 99, served in the Second World War and worked in the UK up until the age of 76. She paid her National Insurance in full, however, when she left the UK and moved to Canada to be closer to her daughter and grandchildren, her State Pension was frozen at £72.50 per week. “I thought the Commonwealth had very special ties to the UK, but that is apparently not the case. In fact, if I were only to move about 200 miles further south across the US border, my pension would be fully indexed.”
Latest State Pension News Conservative Party Commenting on the Conservative Party manifesto, Edwina Melville-Gray, spokesperson for the International Consortium of British Pensioners, said: “For less than £50 million the Prime Minister and his Conservative Party could have ended this long running scandal that condemns many of the nearly half a million affected overseas UK State Pensioners condemned to poverty.
Labour Party Commenting on the Labour manifesto, Ms Melville-Gray, said: “While we commend the Labour commitment to review the pensions landscape and improve pensions outcomes, today’s announcement remains a missed opportunity to address the longstanding ‘frozen pensions’ scandal.
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