A Labour MP has urged the UK Government to increase State Pension payments for people living in Commonwealth countries.
Labour MP Kevin Bonavia has urged the UK Government to “widen Bilateral Social Security Agreements including index-linked State Pension s for UK nationals abroad with Commonwealth countries”. A recent Freedom of Information request revealed that at the end of May 2023, some 453,000 expats are in receipt of a frozen UK State Pension .
In a written response to Mr Bonavia, pensions Minister Emma Reynolds said: “The policy on the uprating of UK State Pensions paid overseas is a longstanding one. Top Money Stories Today End Frozen Pensions Campaign More than 172,400 people have signed an online petition calling for an end to the practice of ‘freezing’ the State Pension for Brits who have emigrated to countries that do not have a reciprocal agreement with the UK Government - even though they have paid National Insurance Contributions during their working life.
“Those in countries with reciprocal agreements are unaffected so if you were a pensioner in the USA you would continue to get an uprating, but if you lived just across the border in Canada you would not.Latest State Pension News The International Consortium of British Pensioners added that many of those affected by frozen State Pensions worked as nurses, firemen, police officers and other public servants, some are military veterans.
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