The 40-year campaign to persuade the British government to end the discriminatory practice of freezing the state pensions of some 520,000 Brits abroad is seeking increased membership amongst those expats living in Thailand. A brand new group End Frozen Pensions – Thailand Branch – has this week received a reply from British MP Sir Roger Gale who says the stumbling block is the fear of the UK Treasury that there could be a flood of catching-up claims which might run into millions of pounds.
The British government only allows inflation-linked increases to the state pension in a small number of countries outside the European Union based on so-called “mutually-assured” agreements. Thailand is not one of the lucky places, although the Philippines is. The issue has been raised many times with the UK court…
