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Thousands of people have demanded an end to the scandal of frozen pensions for hundreds of thousands of British expats. Nearly 60,000 have signed a petition calling for changes to the policy which sees UK pensioners living abroad denied yearly increases in their state pension.<\/p>\n
Petition creator Dennis Reed, director of over-60s campaign group Silver Voices, said: \u201cThe support for this petition from senior citizens in this country, for their compatriots abroad, is truly heartening.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf people have paid national insurance all their working lives, then they deserve to receive a full and uprated state pension wherever they choose to live.\u201d<\/p>\n
A pensioner who moves abroad has their pension frozen at the level it was when they left the UK, unless the country concerned has a reciprocal uprating agreement with the UK Government.<\/p>\n
For example, UK pensioners in the US receive annual increases but those in Canada do not.<\/p>\n
Half of UK pensioners abroad in 2020 had a weekly state pension of \u00a365 or less, and 90 percent were unaware of the frozen pensions policy before moving.<\/p>\n
The Government said: \u201cWe understand people move abroad for many reasons and we provide clear information about how this can impact on their finances.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe continue to uprate state pensions overseas where there is a legal requirement to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u25cf Sign the petition at www.change.org \u2013 search \u201cend frozen pensions\u201d.<\/p>\n