Drop in event in UK Parliament 22nd April

[Bridget Barber]

Hi Everyone,

Here's a quick reminder that the End Frozen Pensions Campaign is holding a Drop in Event followed by a Round table on Wednesday 22nd April.  That is in two days time.  

 Please write to your UK MP and ask them to attend if you haven't already done so and thank you to those of you who have.

Here is some help in writing your email.

Enid Frozen Pensions Campaign along with BPiA is holding a drop in event in the UK Parliament on 22nd April. to inform MPs about

Here is something everyone can do to help make the event a success.

Send a letter or email to your UK MP asking them to attend the event.

If you don't know who your UK MP is then go to

https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP

and enter the postcode for your last address in the UK.

If you don't know your postcode go to

https://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode

Here is an example of a letter you could send:

My Name

My Street Address

My Suburb

My State and postcode

AUSTRALIA

My email address

Date

Jane Smith MP

House of Commons

London SW1A 0AA

UNITED KINGDOM

email address jane.s...@parliament.uk

Dear Ms Smith,

I am registered as an overseas voter in your electorate.

I am aware that the End Frozen Pensions Campaign is holding a Drop-In event on 22nd

April 2026.

I urge you to attend this event because it will enable you to understand the frozen

pensions policy and its affect on people who have contributed to the National Insurance

scheme. If you are familiar with this issue, attendance at this event will enable you to

lend your support for a change in this unfair arbitrary policy.

Yours sincerely

My Name

You will need to adapt this to put in your personal details.

You can add more if you wish e.g. how Frozen Pensions affect you personally but

Keep it short

Don't focus on individual issues

Do not include individual complaints

Avoid technical language

Do not include logos

REMEMBER

It takes 7 times before they will comprehend an individual message so we need as many people as possible to write in order to break through their consciousness.

GOOD LUCK

If you get a response please let us know.

The event is hosted by Tessa Munt MP, John Duguid (Chair, End Frozen Pensions Campaign – International) and Sheila Telford (Director, EFPC / Canadian Alliance of British Pensioners).

 

Event details
📍 Portcullis House (please contact camp...@endfrozenpensions.org for room details)
📅 Wednesday, 22 April
⏰ 11:00–11:30 AM

 

Not able to attend? Please support our campaign by adding your name to our Canada/Australia/UK Parliamentarian letter calling on Sir Keir Starmer to bring about change to this unfair and unjust policy. Simply reply with a positive response to this email and your name will be added to the 163 Parliamentarians who have already given us their support.

[Bruce]

Dear Bridget,

Thanks again for working so hard for all of us ex pats. Here is the conversation I had with my UK MP
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From: "Bruce Englefield " 
Sent: 10 April 2026 11:08
To: ROOME, ian.ro...@parliament.uk
Subject: Re: Frozen Pension event (Case Ref: IR15027)
  

Dear Ian, 

Thank you for your rapid response and your honest, intelligent and moral statements. 

I would make a point about your statements

Without agreements, uprating pensions abroad is costly. It would cost £0.5 billion a year to pay UK citizens living in Canada, Australia or New Zealand the same as pensioners living in the UK. Without a reciprocal agreement, British taxpayers’ money effectively goes straight into the pockets of foreign Governments.

It is not British taxpayers’ money, it is ours that we paid in over many years. Furthermore, it may go straight into the Australian Government but what about the money the UK Government has saved by us migrating to Australia. The National Health system alone will have been saved hundreds of thousands of pounds that it has cost the Australian Government for all the operations we have needed since arriving here in Tasmania 25 years ago. We have received none of the other benefits given to UK seniors. We haven’t used any of the UK infrastructure.

Yours sincerely, 

Bruce.

Dear Bruce, 

Thank you for your reply. Like I said, I agree that it is unfair that some UK pensioners abroad receive state pension increases while others do not, simply based on where they live. 

The difficulty is that the UK State Pension does not work like a private pension pot with each person drawing back exactly what they paid in. It is part of a wider National Insurance system, where contributions go into funding current pensions and other benefits, rather than being held in an individual account for each contributor. That means the rules on uprating are set by government policy and by reciprocal arrangements with particular countries, rather than by each person’s own contribution record alone.

Of course, that doesn’t take away from the argument you’re making. People who have moved abroad may also have reduced demand on UK public services over many years, including the NHS and other support and that’s one of the reasons why we Liberal Democrats continue to argue that the current frozen pension policy is unfair and needs to be revisited.

Best wishes, 
Ian 

Office of Ian Roome MP Member of Parliament for North Devon

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[Richard Denton]

Dear BAPA,

I get a small French state pension for the 9 years I worked in France. It is paid straight into my Australian bank account every month. I send a life certificate every year stamped and verified by Centre Link. My pension receives the annual cost of living increase exactly the same as if I was living in France. There is no discrimination. ONLY THE MINDBOGGLING DUPLICITOUS BRITISH PAY FROZEN PENSIONS ACCORDING TO WHERE YOU LIVE. IT IS MONSTROUSLY WRONG!

I wrote to Her Majesty years ago. To two Prime Ministers. To scores of MEPs and a number of Cabinet members.  None of them could dispute the charge of discrimination. All of them quoting the worn out stance of the government we've always done it this way and we see no reason to change.... words fail‼️

Richard Denton

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Dear Bridget,

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[Paul Swain]

Hi Everyone!

I think that there is an easy way to email your UK MP about this.

The End Frozen Pensions campaign has set up a web site that will do most of the hard work for you.  Just go to https://endfrozenpensions.emailyourmp.uk/email/ and put in your UK post code and it will find your MP and prepare a suggested message.

So if you've been putting off sending an email to your MP, please give this a try.

Bridget:  Does this sound right?  And do you have any more details about what is going on on 22 April?

I found out about https://endfrozenpensions.emailyourmp.uk/email/ after I got an email from Gillian Mittins, Anne Puckridge's daughter, who you may remember started the petition on Change.org.  You can read the message that Gillian sent at https://www.change.org/p/prime-minister-meet-with-my-99-year-old-ww2-veteran-mum-fighting-to-end-frozen-pensions/u/34489305

As before, if you don't know your postcode you can go to https://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode to find it.

Please let me know if there are any issues.  As I'm not a UK citizen, there isn't any point in me emailing an MP, so I can't test it out.

Paul

[Bruce]

Yes Richard words fail!!  A pity the case went to the court of human rights in Brussels when the UK was in the EU. I suspect the decision might be different now they are not. 

Regards

Bruce

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Dear BAPA,

I get a small French state pension for the 9 years I worked in France. It is paid straight into my Australian bank account or every month. I send a life certificate every year stamped and verified by Centre Link. My pension receives the annual cost of living increase exactly the same as if I was living in France. There is no discrimination. ONLY THE MINDBOGGLING DUPLICITOUS BRITISH PAY FROZEN PENSIONS ACCORDING TO WHERE YOU LIVE. IT IS MONSTROUSLY WRONG!

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[alexander whitehead]

dear richard i have been on the band wagon for more than 20yrs pleading my case on deaf ears. I am now 94yrs .but the buggers will never hear the last of me till my last breath .bless you   ALEXANDER WHITEHEAD

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