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<p><del class="ministerial">All political parties since WW2 have</del> <ins class="ministerial">Successive
post-war Governments have followed</ins> the same policy. Up-rating UK State Pensions
for recipients who are overseas residents is longstanding; state Pensions are payable
worldwide and are up-rated where there is a legal requirement to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The
policy on the up-rating of UK State Pensions paid to recipients living outside the
UK has been in place for over 70 years. The UK State Pension is payable worldwide
without regard to nationality. Entitlement to the UK State Pension is based on the
national insurance contributions on a person’s national insurance record. The annual
index-linked increases to UK State Pensions are paid to recipients overseas only where
there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in EEA countries or in countries
where there is a reciprocal agreement in place that provides for the up-rating of
the UK State Pension. The Government has no plans to change the policy <ins class="ministerial">upheld
by all previous Governments, Labour, Coalition and Conservative for the past 70 years.</ins>
<del class="ministerial">of all Governments, Labour, Coalition or Conservative since
WW2.</del></p><p> </p><p>The estimated costs of up-rating state pensions overseas
where they are currently not up-rated are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-costs-of-uprating-state-pension-in-frozen-rate-countries"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-costs-of-uprating-state-pension-in-frozen-rate-countries</a></p>
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