Money Alert: Retirees misled by government website
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.The Government has been accused of letting down people in Northern Ireland by giving misleading information about their pension rights.
The official NI Direct website states that pensioners retiring to Canada and New Zealand will receive an annually uprated pension. But anyone retiring to either of the locations will have their pension frozen at the rate they left the UK.
That's because of international pension agreements that have left more than half a million British expatriate pensioners with no annual state pension increase. And any Northern Irish retirees believing the government information could join the unfortunates with smaller pension payouts than retired neighbours in the likes of the US.
Sheila Telford, chairman of the International Consortium of British Pensioners, said: "We are shocked that the Government is still unable to provide accurate information on where British state pensions are frozen. Our campaign will continue until all frozen pensioners receive the fully indexed pension they have paid for and deserve."
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments