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Reducing pensioner poverty
— a submission to the Social Security Committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on behalf of the World Alliance of British Expatriate Pensioners, 30 June 2000 | | Corporate Author | World Alliance of British Expatriate Pensioners |
| Publisher | World Alliance of British Expatriate Pensioners, 2000 |
| Pages | 9 pp |
| Source | World Alliance of British Expatriate Pensioners, c/o Canadian Alliance of British Pensioners, 202-605 Royal York Road, Toronto M8Y 4G5, Canada. |
| Keywords | Pensions ; Expatriates ; Poverty ; Comments or Evidence submitted. |
| Annotation | The World Alliance of British Expatriate Pensioners (WABEP) recommends that the Social Security Select Committee recommend to the Secretary of State the removal of country of residence as a factor determining the amount of state pension paid. The submission points out that expatriate pensioners have their pensions "frozen", fixed for all time at the amount due when first qualifying for a pension, so without any uprating. Examples are given of cumulative pension losses of frozen pensioners in South Africa and Canada. This submission is being made on behalf of all British expatriate pensioners suffering discrimination and has been authorised by the British Australia Pensioners Association, the Canadian Alliance of British Pensioners, the British Pensioners Association (NZ) Inc (representing New Zealand), and the South African Alliance of British Pensioners (representing South Africa and Zimbabwe). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001026003 P |
| Classmark | JJ: TIP: W6: 6PM * |
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