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People living abroad will no longer be entitled to a British state pension based solely on their spouse's work history, under government plans. Pensions Minister Steve Webb said some of those claiming a married person's allowance had never been to the UK. Some 220,000 overseas residents receive this payment at a cost of £410m a year. The measure will be part of an overhaul of the state pension, to be included in the Queen's Speech on Wednesday. Existing pensioners will be unaffected. The Pensions Bill will introduce a new flat rate pension based on individual contributions during a person's working life.
'Unfair and unsustainable'
Current rules allow spouses to claim a "married person's allowance" based on their husband or wife's history of National Insurance contributions. While increasingly rare in Britain, the practice has become a popular option for people who live overseas and who are married to British citizens.....Read more here
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