Popular Post dasboot Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 On 5/26/2021 at 9:08 AM, maechanman said: Anyone out there managed to apply for their UK state pension by telephone from here in Thailand using their invitation code? My pension is due and I'm wondering will it be simpler than filling out their 26 page form for overseas claimants. Presumably they should have my details which would negate a lot of the questions on the form. In a phone call to a woman at the International pension centre she told me you can, i didn’t have my invitation code until after i sent the forms in. They took 30 days to get there, this was two months before my birthday, my first payment arrived two months after my birthday, definitely call them and try the invitation code first. As a byline every single single person i spoke to could not have been more helpful. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangless Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 DWP updates claiming process as forms are removed from website;- State pension UK: DWP updates claiming process as forms are removed - full details (msn.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert bloggs Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Looks like no state pension rises this year according to the newspapers ,as it would cost to much,mind you the govt have said they will accept 25000 more Afghan immigrants,doubt many will be women and children, 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strikingsunset Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Just listening to the Today programme on radio 4 they are discussing proposals of a compromise 2.5 per cent increase to the state pension for the coming year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredscats Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 22 minutes ago, strikingsunset said: Just listening to the Today programme on radio 4 they are discussing proposals of a compromise 2.5 per cent increase to the state pension for the coming year. It was always going to be something like this.....but a compromise might be 4% next year followed by 4% year after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredscats Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 2 hours ago, bert bloggs said: Looks like no state pension rises this year according to the newspapers ,as it would cost to much,mind you the govt have said they will accept 25000 more Afghan immigrants,doubt many will be women and children, Over about 4 years,think 5000 first year officially 4 billion on this lot and half a billion on OAP to unfreeze. Fact is most UK do not want them,just UK govt telling us we have to accept them 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strikingsunset Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 5 hours ago, fredscats said: It was always going to be something like this.....but a compromise might be 4% next year followed by 4% year after agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredscats Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 1 hour ago, strikingsunset said: agree looked at figures recently,if the UK govt do not implement this 8.8% rise to the OAP,a guy at 66 just retiring will lose some 81,000 pounds with compounding by the age of 82, somebody else must have seen those figures,forget where I read them,seems one hell of a lot,keep looking tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKresonant Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 If they want to change it they should leave it indexed in some way. e.g. the average of 2.5%, earnings growth, and inflation, in lieu of the highest of. What the 2.5% represents is an increase figure which is "picked", not good going forward. could well be the earnings growth figure may reduce next year, but suspect inflation will still be pushing things along. . The CPI is still a gradual slight devaluation anyway, CPIH is a bit better, There was a group of us discussing the price of our 80's Motorcycles when new, and used the projected CPI index as well as the R.P.I. which prevailed back then. Very unlikely you could buy a current equivalent machine with the CPIed figure and even the RPIed figure fell a bit short, and this with all the modern engineering efficiency...???? % 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwest10 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 On 8/18/2021 at 10:15 AM, bert bloggs said: Looks like no state pension rises this year according to the newspapers ,as it would cost to much,mind you the govt have said they will accept 25000 more Afghan immigrants,doubt many will be women and children, We are frozen unless you somehow get the rises here!!!??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwest10 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 On 8/18/2021 at 12:51 PM, fredscats said: Over about 4 years,think 5000 first year officially 4 billion on this lot and half a billion on OAP to unfreeze. Fact is most UK do not want them,just UK govt telling us we have to accept them Unfreeze only another 75 YEARS TO GO and already over 75 years old ???????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredscats Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 On 8/18/2021 at 6:36 PM, strikingsunset said: agree looks like 3.5% increase is on the cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ivor bigun Posted September 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 8/19/2021 at 4:10 PM, jwest10 said: We are frozen unless you somehow get the rises here!!!??? what you think there are pensioners here who have not told the dwp that they live here? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted September 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2021 11 hours ago, ivor bigun said: what you think there are pensioners here who have not told the dwp that they live here? You can tell who they are, their houses have letterbox flaps on their front doors, to check if the bloke at the door is wearing a bowler hat....???? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Excel Posted September 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2021 Another reason Boris and Rishak wanted out of the EU as one day the EU will enforce equal pension payments for all member states , quite rightly too in my opinion to ensure fairness, but too late for us in the UK now. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivor bigun Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Excel said: Another reason Boris and Rishak wanted out of the EU as one day the EU will enforce equal pension payments for all member states , quite rightly too in my opinion to ensure fairness, but too late for us in the UK now. if you remember they tried this but it was blocked by Tony Blair of the labour party 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredscats Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 12 hours ago, transam said: You can tell who they are, their houses have letterbox flaps on their front doors, to check if the bloke at the door is wearing a bowler hat....???? Jealousy raising its ugly head again lol who is at the forefront LOL Now reading thru past 10 years worth of less than informed quotes "I do not Lie", lol nothing ever has been or attempted to ascertain any individual living in LoS on unfrozen pension ,but DWP were unsucessful at attempting to fix one one on a couple I quite enjoy the fact Im here on pension close on 200 quid a week< or will be, rather than close on 100 quid a week Any pensioner can easily check facts here FoI for one...go try it, cheap enough,,, fact is it has, years ago,nothing to show,but up to date more than welcome "has any OAP been apprehended in recent on unfrozen pension" Secondly there is time scale how far claims can go, been here 15 years? potential payback at most probably a third of time from experience 3 years, and that is for winter fuel bad boy ,and nothing to show from those inadvertantly making a cock up of address Thirdy for confirmation there are hosts of pension advisory columns , hosts of them,try some for confirmation,probably get laughed at,but worth a try Again awaiting confirmation if any bowler hatted gent has been flapping letterboxes lol Again I quite enjoy the fact Im here on pension close on 200 quid a week< or will be, rather than close on 100 quid a week Thank You 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted September 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2021 11 hours ago, fredscats said: Jealousy raising its ugly head again lol who is at the forefront LOL Now reading thru past 10 years worth of less than informed quotes "I do not Lie", lol nothing ever has been or attempted to ascertain any individual living in LoS on unfrozen pension ,but DWP were unsucessful at attempting to fix one one on a couple I quite enjoy the fact Im here on pension close on 200 quid a week< or will be, rather than close on 100 quid a week Any pensioner can easily check facts here FoI for one...go try it, cheap enough,,, fact is it has, years ago,nothing to show,but up to date more than welcome "has any OAP been apprehended in recent on unfrozen pension" Secondly there is time scale how far claims can go, been here 15 years? potential payback at most probably a third of time from experience 3 years, and that is for winter fuel bad boy ,and nothing to show from those inadvertantly making a cock up of address Thirdy for confirmation there are hosts of pension advisory columns , hosts of them,try some for confirmation,probably get laughed at,but worth a try Again awaiting confirmation if any bowler hatted gent has been flapping letterboxes lol Again I quite enjoy the fact Im here on pension close on 200 quid a week< or will be, rather than close on 100 quid a week Thank You Good for you, I have learned that the world is full of chancers, thieves, odd-balls, fruitcakes, so crack on chap..... 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fredscats Posted September 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, transam said: Good for you, I have learned that the world is full of chancers, thieves, odd-balls, fruitcakes, so crack on chap..... No applause please Thank You"In respect of pensions, fraud undermines the value of income for people at a time of life when sources of income become more limited, and the chances of financial recovery are reduced." Now that is some statement yes/no? govt funded investigation,so who exactly is defrauding who? The fraudee,defrauding the fraudster Not been around for a bit,never mind here now. I am sure you will agree that money lost by a basketcase is money best in my pocket and not lost to an immigrant Been banging on this subject for years,never mind eh ! all you do is encourage others to make wrong choices as time will tell . Check up on facts not rubbish spilled out by yourself lol Edited September 14, 2021 by fredscats 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted September 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2021 2 hours ago, fredscats said: No applause please Thank You"In respect of pensions, fraud undermines the value of income for people at a time of life when sources of income become more limited, and the chances of financial recovery are reduced." Now that is some statement yes/no? govt funded investigation,so who exactly is defrauding who? The fraudee,defrauding the fraudster Not been around for a bit,never mind here now. I am sure you will agree that money lost by a basketcase is money best in my pocket and not lost to an immigrant Been banging on this subject for years,never mind eh ! all you do is encourage others to make wrong choices as time will tell . Check up on facts not rubbish spilled out by yourself lol If like you, I was on the fiddle, what would the first thing I wouldn't do if I had half a brain...? You don't know, I would not post bragging posts on the Internet that I was. Anonymous......???? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabhand Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, transam said: If like you, I was on the fiddle, what would the first thing I wouldn't do if I had half a brain...? You don't know, I would not post bragging posts on the Internet that I was. Anonymous......???? Maybe he will follow that izod10(?) poster into oblivion, although possibly reincarnated as.........ohh, it will come to me in a minute!! Another reincarnation on the cards? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted September 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2021 13 minutes ago, dabhand said: Maybe he will follow that izod10(?) poster into oblivion, although possibly reincarnated as.........ohh, it will come to me in a minute!! Another reincarnation on the cards? Probably is....???? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fredscats Posted September 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, transam said: If like you, I was on the fiddle, what would the first thing I wouldn't do if I had half a brain...? You don't know, I would not post bragging posts on the Internet that I was. Anonymous......???? I am more than sure you were bombarding the pensions centre a fair while ago of just what you suggest,alas for you , no joy at your revelations ,as nothing was or will be done The activety you describe,have I admitted anything other than having a pension closer to 200 smackers than 100.? The more alert would now be seeing an opportunity of obtaining a PI address far more easily,hence no frozen pension,but not for me to disclose I would say for you brainless ,at cost of 200 smackers at hoax letter writing I would suggest tho,as your source of income diminishes yoy, that geen eyed monster takes on a whole new meaning LOL Edited September 14, 2021 by fredscats 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredscats Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 3/28/2021 at 8:55 AM, maxcorrigan said: I was found out 10 months later through i think returned mail from my old address, they were very very nice about the fact i was living in Thailand informing me my pension would be frozen at the time i arrived in Thailand my pension was then reset to that time (there had been one increase by DWP) they did not ask or take back any of the extra money i had received just reset my pension payments, maybe if i been claiming the extra money over a longer period the outcome may have been different, but that was my experience FWIW! This is one of a number of past posts describing whatever actions that were undertaken Can hardly state that that was in any way shape or form sanctionable or punishable Its the dribble forever quoted of that frozen pit c/w frozen pension 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/13/2021 at 8:27 AM, Excel said: Another reason Boris and Rishak wanted out of the EU as one day the EU will enforce equal pension payments for all member states , quite rightly too in my opinion to ensure fairness, but too late for us in the UK now. It is a fact that pensions and the health service will some time in the not too distant future, be radically cut back. These are huge bills that governments can't afford. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangless Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 13 minutes ago, cooked said: It is a fact that pensions and the health service will some time in the not too distant future, be radically cut back. These are huge bills that governments can't afford. It is not a fact. It is an opinion! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 16 hours ago, fredscats said: I am more than sure you were bombarding the pensions centre a fair while ago of just what you suggest,alas for you , no joy at your revelations ,as nothing was or will be done The activety you describe,have I admitted anything other than having a pension closer to 200 smackers than 100.? The more alert would now be seeing an opportunity of obtaining a PI address far more easily,hence no frozen pension,but not for me to disclose I would say for you brainless ,at cost of 200 smackers at hoax letter writing I would suggest tho,as your source of income diminishes yoy, that geen eyed monster takes on a whole new meaning LOL I haven't bombarded anyone over pensions, only the odd fiddler that turns up here, and yes, you are back..........???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwest10 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 On 9/13/2021 at 11:50 AM, ivor bigun said: if you remember they tried this but it was blocked by Tony Blair of the labour party Well over 600 plus of them are pathetic but nothing new there and pathetic a very kind word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwest10 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 8:29 PM, ivor bigun said: what you think there are pensioners here who have not told the dwp that they live here? The only reason are the cheaters and liars but do not condone it BUT never hear of any prosecutions?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fredscats Posted September 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2021 1 hour ago, transam said: I haven't bombarded anyone over pensions, only the odd fiddler that turns up here, and yes, you are back..........???? At it again,like a dog with a bone. Can go back 10 years and the same old story,frozen pit,frozen pensions,...but its how many you succeeded in influencing,hopefully not many, with all the rubbish spouted, and that is all it ever was... rubbish. Cold comfort,each and every one of you,hoping against hope that the guy with bowler hat comes a'knockin',never will,but please keep on ramping up the doom and gloom stuff entertains ,really it does Nobody ever repeat EVER has ever been apprehended living here on frozen pension 'cept their own stupidity,can inc NZ AU SA too,but please concentrate on TH if that suits 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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