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11 minutes ago, James9999 said:

How can you be paid state pension due to fraud. Pension credit may be but how can you fraudulently be paid the pension. And clearly not somebody in Thailand, how would they be getting housing benefit.

 

If you misstate your whereabouts in relation to unfreezing a pension, then that could be considered fraud. Not much they can or will do about it except freeze it where appropriate. People are creative with their fraudulent claims. They can claim housing benefit while living in Thailand. I'm not here to defend any of this. I was just responding to another poster who suggested they could deduct amounts from another benefit to cover overpayments made as a result of fraud on your state pension. I just wondered how, that's all.

This topic has, as usual, been done to death.

58 minutes ago, Baht Simpson said:

That is true. But it also should be noted that they can reduce or stop other benefits that are sanctionable to recover monies lost through State Pension fraud, although this is obviously less relevant for non-residents.

 

They also have the option to recover money via the courts or by penalty. Again this is less likely because the maximum penalty is GBP 5,000 and there would be substantial costs going through the courts.

Well, I'm not sure how they could do what you say in your first paragraph, and I'm not sure I believe it. You mean for instance reduce your housing benefit because they say you were overpaid state pension due to fraud?

And I thought not sanctionable meant you couldn't be fined or penalised in any way?

Way out of my ken.

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

Sorry.

 

That's about the most inane comment I ever read. I guess you're European, so your depiction or characterization of "American" is out there with the rest of Europeans' opinions of non-Europeans. Childish at best.

Not non Europeans. Just American right wingers here on this forum.

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

Sorry.

 

That's about the most inane comment I ever read. I guess you're European, so your depiction or characterization of "American" is out there with the rest of Europeans' opinions of non-Europeans. Childish at best.

I was referring to American political analysis, as you display it. The left liked him back then? What's the left? Any links? Any leads? Just non republican, right?

Just now, Yellowtail said:

 

That's about the most inane comment I ever read. I guess you're European, so your depiction or characterization of "the left" is out there with the rest of European political analysis. Childish at best.

Parrot. Dead. I wasn't depicting the left as anything. You claimed "the left" loved Trump back then. Inane? I think so.

13 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Yeah, the left loved him back then 

That's about the most inane comment I ever read. I guess you're American, so your depiction or characterization of "the left" is out there with the rest of American political analysis. Childish at best.

1 minute ago, transam said:

What is PI, I am not a mind reader....?

 

As for stupid comments, you have done very well with those, so far..........🤭

Philippines

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

And don't forget her experience with small business, the babysitter, What a hoot

While he reached the peak of fame in the duffers show, The Apprentice.

On 10/23/2024 at 8:24 PM, novacova said:

All that means is that over half of that group of people are leftists…

 

”More than half of the living US recipients of the Nobel Prize for economics signed a letter”

 

Whip-Di-frik’n-do…

Define "leftist". For you it's any opposition to Chump, right?

I used Maxim extensively in Philippines. They're more than 50% cheaper than trikes. But you do have to bear with them as the trikes are a mafia and have got City Hall to post signs saying no pickup within 50m of a trike station for a whole array of hail and ride services, including taxis and Maxim. Often they cancel because they don't want trouble. So they park 30m away out of sight of the trike drivers. I saved a small fortune using them. They always had a spare helmet. But insurance? No idea.

3 hours ago, Celsius said:

In Canada customs and border agency is linked to revenue agency. They know exactly when you left and how long have you been out.

 

Nothing like this exists in UK? No wonder UK is a country of choice for Mahmood and Patel.

 

They are screwing Pattaya prostitutes with government money.

The revenue department in the UK operates under the title HMRC, which is His Majesty's Revenue and Customs. The pensions and benefits department is separate and is known as the DWP, Department of Work and Pensions. They do share data. I notified the DWP of a change of address (known as a notifiable change in circumstances) and thereafter received communications from HMRC at that address. I think you have to assume they could know everything about you if they so desired, and act accordingly.

2 hours ago, sandyf said:

Why do some feel compelled to deviate from the point being made.

When it all started there were no pensions paid overseas so there was no frozen aspect.

When reciprocal arrangements were introduced it was pure discrimination but at that point in time the government gave no consideration to discrimination.

Gay men were being put in prison, terms like "nixxers" and "quxxrs" were in common use and Robertsons had a "Goxxy" on the jam, pension discrimination never got a second thought.

Other issues have been addressed over time but he government only bows to domestic public opinion, mention "trans" and they all jump, unfortunately the very nature of the frozen pension issue it is a case of out of sight, out of mind.

Well you've managed to totally go off topic (deviate as you put it) and start on about trans, gays, racism etc etc. This thread is about the UK pension being frozen overseas in non reciprocating countries.

What a nonsense article.

According to other sources, printed, not just rumour, Taksin made an interesting speech in Udon. He sited "<deleted>ty laws" stifling political development, and the 2017 charter as having serious flaws. Seems he's warming towards a PP alliance and rejecting the current coalition partners. No love lost between PT and BJT and the Dems.

No verifiable sources so instantly dismissable.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Marriage allowance went 10 years back.

So a married couple don't get any extra?

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

My Brit wife got 19 years of NI payments for having a child (you only got it for 1 kid).

So it would only be infertile non-working married women that had no state pension.

I think that is a highly dubious statement. Not having kids doesn't mean infertility. Non working married women do get a pension on the death of their husband, or so I believe. While he's alive, they will get the extra marriage allowance.

1 hour ago, sandyf said:

No it hasn't. If the frozen aspect had been "that way" for over 70 years then all state pensions would be frozen.

You can try and defend discrimination as much as you want, doesn't make it right.

 

There were other discriminatory policies introduced over the years which you obviously fail to comprehend.

It's only frozen when you're found, or you've declared, to have moved abroad to live in a non-reciprocating country. Exactly what percentage of pensioners this represents I have no idea, and in any case, would not be very reliable for obvious reasons.

3 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Yeah, like Germany and France are pillars of virtue now, both in political chaos, both finding it hard to form governments and mass immigration killing both of  them, hunting down jews in France hardly seems normal to me.

 

EU is finished, its in its death throws. Only people wanting it are the people getting rich off it.

 

Problem UK has is Liebour - destroying the country as per usual

Libor?