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A Green politician has called out the “injustice” that 500,000 state pensioners do not receive the yearly payment increase because of where they live.<\/p>\n
People only get the increase in April if they live in certain countries, while other places which are popular destinations for migrating Brits are excluded, such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n
Baroness Natalie Bennett, who formerly led the Green Party, has campaigned against the frozen pensions policy since 2014.<\/p>\n
She told Express.co.uk: “Frozen pensions are not a result of a policy decision, rather historical accidents. And they are a clear and massive injustice, which leaves some people in desperate straits.<\/p>\n
“And while some are ‘rescued’ in terms of income by the nations in which they live, that is a clear abrogation of UK responsibilities. People paid into a pension; they should have a right to receive it.”<\/p>\n
READ MORE <\/strong> Pensioners urged to check if they can claim \u00a3300 cost of living payment<\/strong><\/p>\n To receive the yearly uprating, a person must live in either:<\/p>\n READ MORE <\/strong> The Green Party advocates bringing in a citizen’s pension, an unconditional payment to all Britons, with the yearly uprating linked to earnings.<\/p>\n Baroness Bennett said: The Green Party believes that no older person should live in poverty, that everyone has a chance for a fulfilling, secure, comfortable life.<\/p>\n “That’s why in the 2015 manifesto and since, we’ve been calling for a ‘citizen’s pension’, uprated annual, paid to all pensioners, set at a level so no penioner is living in poverty.<\/p>\n\n
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