On Commonwealth Day, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions was questioned by David Linden MP (SNP) and Craig Whittaker MP (Conservative) on the Government’s continuation of the ‘frozen’...
Half a million British pensioners are denied access to annual increases to their UK state pension due to the Government’s ‘frozen’ pensions policy. Baroness Stedman-Scott, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for...
Following the welcome news that the Canadian Government has formally requested to negotiate a new social security agreement with the UK to cover the uprating of pensions, Sir Roger Gale...
Each year, the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order and Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order are brought before Parliament as a Statutory Instruments. The legislation ensures that UK state pensions continue...
At Prime Minister’s Questions today, Peter Dowd MP raised the Government’s frozen pensions policy and its impact on ‘Britain’s Greatest Generation’. A full transcript of Peter Dowd’s question and the...
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Frozen British Pensions is pleased to announce the release of the report from its 2020 Inquiry, revealing the Governments of Canada and Australia are ready...
Today, MPs in the House of Commons debated the Future of Pensions Policy. The debate was attended by Wendy Chamberlain MP, Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife, and Kirsten...
At today’s Defence questions, Carol Monaghan MP, SNP Shadow Spokesperson for Armed Forces and Veterans, pressed Minister Johnny Mercer on the plight of 60,000 UK veterans living on frozen overseas...
The Government of Canada has formally requested to form a new social security agreement with the UK to cover the uprating of state pensions. This would unfreeze the state pensions...
Today, Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, Labour MP for Streatham, raised the impact of the UK Government’s frozen pensions policy on members of the Windrush generation. Many of these pensioners were invited...