yardrunner Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Their will be a debate in the UK parliament on April 20th about unfreezing UK State pensions, Jeremy Corbyn has said that the Labour Party will support the motion to unfreeze expat State pensions Here is a link to the article and i hope the forum allows me to include this link http://frozenbritishpensions.org/ Link to comment
shunter Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Quote yardrunner I D 1 the Labour Party will support the motion to unfreeze expat State pensions All well and good, but it was a Labour government under the tyranny of Tony Bliar that went to the European court and won the day by being given a verdict that gave the U K government the mandate to continue freezing U K pensions. Certainly if Labour has a conscience its M P's must vote Aye for the resolution Mind you how many may or will be in the chamber at the time of the vote is yet to be seen. Link to comment
Expattaff1308 Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 and.....We all remember Steve Webb..... Words are Cheap! If you remember Steve Webb spoke at least on 4 separate occasions in the HOC condemning this injustice, then he became part of the coalition government and became Pensions Minister an ideal position you would think to do something about it...but did he...NO, saying this is how it has been for many years and things are not going to change now...so Mr Corbyn and the Labour Party, I will cross my fingers but forgive me if I don't hold my breath!! Link to comment
i claudius Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 They will not unfreeze them , to busy giving our tax money away to the likes of "the Ethiopan spice girls" the artic will unfreeze firstSent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment
rockingrobin Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 6 hours ago, shunter said: All well and good, but it was a Labour government under the tyranny of Tony Bliar that went to the European court and won the day by being given a verdict that gave the U K government the mandate to continue freezing U K pensions. Certainly if Labour has a conscience its M P's must vote Aye for the resolution Mind you how many may or will be in the chamber at the time of the vote is yet to be seen. This is incorrect , the claimants went to the European court , having lost at the national domestic courts Link to comment
evadgib Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I'm not sure that we needed another thread...? Link to comment
teddog Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 54 minutes ago, rockingrobin said: This is incorrect , the claimants went to the European court , having lost at the national domestic courts The woman who fronted the case(forget name) was ex pat living in SA paid no tax in the UK,No taxation without representation I belive is the saying,should have put somebody there who paid Link to comment
shunter Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Quote Rockyrobin This is incorrect , the claimants went to the European court , having lost at the national domestic courts Indeed you are correct in pointing out the error in my post I D 5. Not as young as I used to be and errors are made. However I still consider Bliars Labour government showed that in truth they had nor even now have any respect for those they claim to support. The issue of pension increases should never have been disputed by any government let alone a Labour government in the first place. There was enough money in the coffers to finance a war as well as a bottomless pit for payments to those who have contributed nothing to the welfare state. Yet those who had paid their way were and still are discriminated against by being financially classified as second class British citizens. Link to comment
meatboy Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 14 hours ago, teddog said: The woman who fronted the case(forget name) was ex pat living in SA paid no tax in the UK,No taxation without representation I belive is the saying,should have put somebody there who paid that woman who took the case moved to south africa 1990 and for 10yrs.continued to pay full contributions towards her pension. only to find out she only gets 67.50weekly. her name was ANNETTE CARSON. Link to comment
theoldgit Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 On 09/04/2017 at 9:40 PM, evadgib said: I'm not sure that we needed another thread...? Indeed, the original thread has been running for over five years, I'll close this one. Link to comment
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