Petition · past parliament
End the discriminatory frozen overseas UK state pension policy in many countries
Closed
218 signatures
What the petition asks
British pensioners who retire to over 120 countries, mainly Commonwealth, have their rightful state pension frozen impacting lives of 550,000 yet those retiring to other countries have their pension uprated annually, just as though they never left UK. This is discriminatory and causes huge anguish.
More than 95% of the ‘frozen’ pensioners live in Commonwealth countries.The National Insurance Fund is built up from member contributions, including contributions from those who are now frozen! It would cost less than 1% of the annual pension bill to unfreeze pensions. Pensions frozen Australia, Canada, New Zealand, most Commonwealth Countries, and many others. A reciprocal agreement is not needed before they can unfreeze frozen pensions, a simple stroke of the pen could do it.
Timeline
| 17 Feb 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 2 May 2017 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
218
Status
Closed
Opened
17 Feb 2017
Closed
2 May 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.