Pensions

Here are our pages about securing your retirement income, whether it's planning ahead by taking out a private pension plan, or joining the many UK expat pensioners fighting for their state pension rights...

Successful Retirement Planning: "Most people look forward to a retirement where they can devote more time to the pastimes they enjoy. However, when it comes to retirement planning and pensions, a veil of confusion tends to cloud their perspective." Darren Ashley of Candour Consultancy lifts the veil and explains why it's important to start planning now...
Pensions Campaign: Information and Addresses: It seems that there is considerable controversy about British pensions for expats. To ensure you get a fair deal, you can join a group to lobby for "parity, not charity"...
Frozen Pensions: "Pensioners who live in the UK have their state pension uprated every April, sometimes by a miserably small 75 pence. But even this niggardly increase is denied to those who have been brave enough to help populate the far flung reaches of the "empire". And this despite the fact that they have paid the same contributions as pensioners who reside in the UK." James Nelson writes of the anomalies faced by British pensioners overseas.
Winter Fuel Allowance: "Like many other UK pensioners I have elected to live elsewhere in the European Union. However, because I do not receive my pension at a UK address, the DSS appears to have decreed that I, and other UK pensioners like myself, should not receive the WINTER FUEL ALLOWANCE..." Anita Rieu-Sicart writes from the Var in Southern France.
Returnees and Emigrants: James Nelson, Vice President of the British Australian Pensioner Association, continues to fight for pensioners' rights. Join in the fight for your rights!
Reciprocal Agreements: A letter from F. Richard Corner, Secretary-General of the World Alliance of British Expatriate Pensioners, to Baroness Amos