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Frozen pensions: Britons living overseas hit by soaring inflation
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Millions of older people will see their pensions rise by 3.1% next spring in a move that will help protect them from the soaring cost of living – but Valerie Hepplestone and Sue Carpenter are among thousands who will not get a penny extra because of what has been dubbed an unfair “postcode lottery”.
While the full UK basic state pension is to go up by £4.25 to £141.85 a week in April, almost half a million Britons who emigrated or retired to countries such as Australia, Canada and South Africa are receiving payments of as little as £22 a week, which never go up.
Many of them are having to contend with even bigger increases in the cost of energy, food and other essentials than their UK counterparts. For example, Canada’s annual inflation rate
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