rustyhinges

I live in Thailand and worked here previously for 7 years and have a Thai spouse. I began to receive my UK state pension in May 2023. Last May 2024 I did not receive the UK indexed linked increase to my monthly pension. I discussed this with a former colleague / friend who lives in the Philippines with his Filipino spouse. He told me that he does receive the annual increases to his UK state pension but was aware that UK citizens living in some other countries are not entitled to the same annual uplift. I visited the UK.GOV DWP website to investigate this apparent anomaly. I was very surprised indeed to learn that is true. This seems so unfair without ant reasonable basis!!! Surely entitlement should be based on citizenship and contributions paid over the years of the working life and not on address of residence. I think this case of unfairness should be put before the International Court of Human Rights if the House of Lords do not correct this blatantly wrong policy.