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<p>The UK State Pension will continue to be paid worldwide when the UK leaves the
EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Withdrawal Agreement guarantees that those
UK citizens who are within its scope can continue to receive state pensions paid by
other EU Member States. In the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the Government
has guaranteed that EU citizens resident in the UK by 29 March 2019 will be able to
work, study, and access benefits and services on broadly the same terms as now. The
Government continues to urge the EU and all its Member States to make the same commitment
to protect the rights of UK nationals.</p><p> </p><p>In a Communication COM(2018)
890 on 19 December 2018, the European Commission calls on Member States to protect
social security entitlements acquired by citizens who exercised their right to free
movement prior to 30 March 2019. This includes exporting State Pensions to UK nationals
who acquired these pension entitlements from Member States prior to that date.</p>
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