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State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 17 March 2026UIN 119180

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will hold discussions with Governments in a) Australia and b) Canada on the potential for negotiating updated reciprocal social security agreements in relation to the uprating of the UK State Pens

Answered by Torsten Bell

There are no plans to hold discussions with any country on Reciprocal Agreements that include uprating of the State Pension.

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