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October 8, 2015

Gerald Howarth and Eilidh Whiteford join the APPG on Frozen British Pensions

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Frozen British Pensions is delighted to welcome Gerald Howarth MP and Eilidh Whiteford MP as new members. Conservative Member of Parliament for Aldershot, Gerald Howarth,...

September 30, 2015

Telegraph features Jeremy Corbyn’s support for Frozen Pensioners

The Daily Telegraph has this week published an article recognising Jeremy Corbyn’s membership of the APPG and historic support for Frozen British Pensioners. The article suggests that Jeremy’s election as...

September 15, 2015

APPG Meets Representatives of the National Pensioners Convention

On 15 September 2015 the APPG met with several BAME representatives of the NPC to discuss the impact on Frozen Pensions on British ethnic minorities. As a group we usually focus...

September 14, 2015

APPG member becomes Leader of the Labour Party

The APPG on Frozen British Pensions congratulates Jeremy Corbyn, a founder member of this group and regular supporter of our activities, on his election as Leader of the Labour Party. We...

September 4, 2015

Next Meeting: Tuesday 15 September 2015, 11.30am, Room T, Portcullis House

The next meeting of the APPG on Frozen British Pensions will be held jointly with BAME representatives of the National Pensioners Convention (NPC) DATE: Tuesday 15 September 2015 TIME: 11.30am to...

September 4, 2015

Keith Vaz – Why I believe the rules are unfair (The Guardian)

I was nine years old when, with my two sisters, I moved from Aden in Yemen to the UK. We faced numerous challenges, as all first-generation immigrant families do. Now,...

July 24, 2015

Qureshi: Most British Asians are unaware of the government’s discriminatory frozen pension policy

APPG member Yasmin Qureshi has published an article in Asian Today on the impact of the frozen pensions on British Asians wanting to move overseas in their retirement: Barely a...

July 24, 2015

Chairman, Sir Roger Gale MP, invites all parliamentarians to join APPG

APPG Chairman, Sir Roger Gale MP, has this week written to all MPs and Lords inviting them to join the APPG. In his letter he said: “Due to a quirk...

July 21, 2015

APPG Members table Early Day Motion 363

A cross party group of MPs has tabled Early Day Motion 363 “British Pensioners Overseas” calling upon the Government to consider ways to resolve the frozen pension issue. The EDM...

July 15, 2015

Ian Blackford elected as APPG Vice-Chair

The SNP’s Pensions Spokesperson and newly elected MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber, Ian Blackford, has become a Vice Chair of the APPG on Frozen British Pensions. After the election it...

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