Govt sets up working group to tackle expat pensions

British pensioners who leave the UK for one of 120 countries, including most of the Commonwealth, have their state pension entitlement frozen at the level it stood at when they left. A working group which includes Treasury officials and members of pressure group the International Consortium of British Pensioners (ICBP) will now investigate the issue, which affects around 500,000 pensioners. An early day motion (EDM) calling on the government to end the freezing of state pensions for expats, sponsored by Work and Pensions Committee chair Dame Anne Begg, has attracted 101 MPs' signature...