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Report Abandoned Abroad: British Pensioner in Thailand Slams 'Immoral' Frozen Pensions Policy
One thing that annoys me about this subject is that the Government can freeze pensions in certain countries because they do not have a "reciprocal" (?) agreement with the UK, although I have paid contributions all my working life, and I get a small pension from my previous employer that is increased every year with no questions asked as to where I am living. This subject has been covered in depth many times, and I remeber prior to the last General Election, one of the Labour cndidate promised that he/she would bring it up in the Commons as a "priority" Needless to say, once Labour got in, it was "swept under the carpet" AGAIN, along with other broken promises and turnarounds by Starmer & Co. -
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British Billionaire Brothers Relocate to Monaco Amid UK Wealth Exodus
I’m sure the hyper wealthy appreciate you fighting for their corner. -
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Report Abandoned Abroad: British Pensioner in Thailand Slams 'Immoral' Frozen Pensions Policy
So much on this, and understanably so. I myself am likely to come into the situation of a frozen state pension in a couple of years though I do have a workplace final salary pension as well so the basic state pension is an "add on". Like many I have wondered how the Philippines qualifies for increases but not Thailand. This is due to the bilateral agreement entered into between the two countries. This was signed in 1985 and came into force in 1989. I also wondered why Thaialand has not been approached to do the same and like some presumed this was likely because Thaialand did not or would not agree but after a little searching I came to unedsrand that the Thatcher government, elected in 1979 announced in 1981, as a part of policy focused on reducing public spending and tightening government commitments, especially regarding overseas obligations like automatic pension increases for expatriates stopped considering or pursuing any further agreements. The Philippines SSA was already in discussion and was allowed to continue to signature and passage into effect but no new agreements were considered. So it seem as if this is another Thatcher, or more specifically Geoffrey Howe's doing. I think it is an important part of retirement planning to understand what the implications of retiring in another country are, and to research all financial aspects especially. Anything les is like expecting your host country to honour your UK library card or take payments in pound notes. So far as tax is concerned, if the money was earned (arising) in UK and you were in PAYE then I think your National Insurance payments were free of tax, this part of your income was not taxed at the time you paid into the scheme. Clearly as income invested for later payment (pension) it will be taxed somewhere. The alternative would have been a higher tax bill whilst in work. I'm not 100% on this bit but is how it was explained to me. Bob -
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ALL VACCINES WILL KILL YOU - The evidence is overwhelming
It's a bit OTT, but as you like to use such analogies yourself (c.f. the one about the carwash and the storm – if I recall correctly), I thought I would add it there for good measure, though the gist of my message lies in the previous paragraphs. -
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America has emerged....as an international laughingstock
You are mistaken he got 400 million+ a bunch of rentals from his dad not to mention several bailouts from his dad and when Mr trump the convicted felon sex offender stops sucking up to (I suspect your leader) putin and starts acting like an American president I might have a bit more respect I doubt it though. -
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Android Box + using a USB stick
johng...If you had watched the video supplied, you would understand. I didn't want to mention the flaw in your suggestion, as you only made a single post and didn't Troll and make up silly arguments with regard to only being able to use USB drives and Hard drives as extended storage in order to be contrary. Anyone can make a mistake. But one poster took to Trolling. The simple answer....you need to format it within the Android GUI, as either Internal or Removable Storage. A MicroSD card is preferable for Internal Storage. Cameroni got it wrong on every level.
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