4-Dec-15 – The Telegraph: British pension is paltry – but there’s hope for those with frozen payments
29-Nov-15 – Sunday Times: Expats to come in from the cold
26-Nov-15 – UK Parliamentary Briefing Note: 2016 Benefits Uprating – Ross Turner; Richard Keen
29 Sep 15 – The Telegraph: Corbyn hope in frozen pensions battle
25-Sep-15 – The Sunday Herald: Corbyn boost for campaign on expatriates’ frozen pensions
“People move abroad, on or before retirement, for a number of reasons to do with home, family or other factors. There is nothing wrong with that. They have paid for, have worked for and are eligible for pensions in this country and I see no reason for the pensions that they receive not to be linked to what is paid here … We should arrange for the current state pension here to apply to British pensioners wherever they happen to be, provided that they are eligible to receive it.”
– Jeremy Corbyn – Leader of the Opposition
10-Sep-15 – Dunfermline Press: Pension freeze for road bridge worker George
16-Aug-15 – The Scotsman: Drive to ‘unfreeze’ pensions of Scots expats hotting up
15-Aug-15 – The Guardian: Hope for expats in UK pensions ‘lottery’
15-Aug-15 – The Guardian: Frozen pension: why I believe the rules are unfair
1-Aug-15 – Eastern Eye: Pensions bias leaves Asians cold
30-Jul-15 – The Telegraph: Secret memo: older people should lose right to a guaranteed state pension that rises every year
29-Jul-15 – The Telegraph: Royal Ballet help save sight of ex pat pensioner
13-May-15 – The Independent: New pensions minister has job on her hands
“I’ll be looking at making pensions better for people. Having worked for so long as an independent expert on the outside, I’m really excited to have the opportunity to try and make a difference from the inside.”
– Dr. Ros Altmann, on being appointed Pensions Minister
10-May-15 – The Telegraph: A warm welcome to the new ‘minister for personal finance’
25-Apr-15 – The Commentator: Half million pensioners ignored by PM’s benefit pledge?
22-Apr-15 – The Asian Today: Frozen Pensions Policy – Yasmin Qureshi – APPG Vice Chair
22-Apr-15 – The Telegraph: Advocate for justice on behalf of British pensioners overseas
14-Apr-15 – The Telegraph: We’ll end frozen pensions for ex-pats, says Green Party
4-Apr-15 – The Voice: African And Caribbean Pensioners Being ‘Robbed’
24-Mar-15 – AOL Money: Expats to lose their state pension if they neglect paperwork
23-Mar-15 – Eastern Eye: Peers discuss proposals to partially change ‘Frozen Pensions’
14-Feb-15 – Asian Voice: Discriminating pension policy affects British Asians
12-Jan-15 – Mature Times: Join the fight to end pension discrimination
8-Jan-15 – Eastern Eye: Frozen Pension Plan economically ‘foolish’