UK. MPs call for end to freeze on State pension for half a million expats living outside of Europe
- Pension payments to British expats living in Europe will rise in line with inflation
- But the same does not apply to payments for pensioners living further afield
- More than 40 MPs are calling on the Government to overturn the move
More than 40 MPs are calling on the Government to overturn an enduring injustice affecting State pension payments to half a million UK nationals living overseas.
The cross-party group is sending an open letter to Therese Coffey, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, claiming it is time to ‘truly honour the people who made the UK’ whose pension payments have been frozen in time.
The plea comes after it was announced that pension payments to British expats living in Europe would rise in line with inflation for at least three years, irrespective of what happens with Brexit.
According to the letter, this has sparked ‘extreme anger and deep hurt’ among those overlooked – more than 500,000 pensioners living further afield.
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