That’s not to say everyone will end up receiving the increased amount, however. Some people who retire abroad may find they are not able to receive the uprated state pension due to where they live.
This is because the payment only increases annually if the recipient lives in a country on a list of certain countries.
According to the End Frozen Pensions campaign group, it’s estimated nearly 500,000 British pensioners are unable to get the uprated amount.
A research briefing on frozen overseas pensions, available in the House of Commons Library, states in May 2020, there were 492,176 people overseas who are in receipt of a frozen UK state pension.
The vast majority (84 percent) of these people live in Australia, Canada or New Zealand.
It means their pension remains payable at the same rate as when they first became entitled to it, or the date they left the UK if they are already pensioners then.
Ian Andexser, Chairman of the Canadian Alliance of British Pensioners (CABP) and Nigel Nelson, the previous chair of The International Consortium of British Pensioners (ICBP), are among those are…
