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Around 453,000 people will not get new State Pension payments during 2026\/27(Image: Getty )<\/p>\nThe UK State Pension is subject to an annual uprating, which sees the amount people receive increase each year<\/p>\n
15:22, 19 Aug 2025Updated 15:22, 19 Aug 2025<\/p>\n
Around 453,000 people will not get new State Pension payments during 2026\/27(Image: Getty )<\/p>\n
The most recent data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)<\/a> suggests that the annual State Pension uprating is set to be determined by earnings growth, currently standing at 5% (excluding bonuses), while the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate is at 3.6%<\/p>\n Under the Triple Lock policy, State Pensions increase each year in line with whichever is the highest of average annual earnings<\/a> growth from May to July, CPI in the year to September or 2.5%<\/p>\n However, while millions of pensioners across Great Britain can anticipate a rise in payments in April next year, nearly half a million people over the state pension age will not be eligible for the increase.<\/a><\/p>\n State pension uprating refers to the annual increase in the amount of state pension payments, usually implemented in April.<\/p>\n The increase is determined by the “triple lock” mechanism, which ensures that pensions rise by the highest of the following:<\/p>\n The increase in average earningsThe increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) (inflation)Or 2.5%.<\/p>\n But it’s estimated that 453,000 pensioners are living in a country which lacks a reciprocal agreement with the UK Government, resulting in them not receiving the annual State Pension uprating.<\/p>\n This is despite having made the necessary National Insurance Contributions to qualify. For money-saving tips, sign up to our Money newsletter here<\/a><\/p>\n Despite the vigorous campaigning efforts of the ‘End Frozen Pensions’ campaign<\/a> – which includes an online petition signed by thousands of supporters, a visit to Parliament by 100-year-old Second World War veteran Anne Puckridge, and ongoing appeals to the UK Government to review the policy – many expats are receiving a significantly smaller State Pension than those residing in Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland, reports the Daily Record<\/a>.<\/p>\n Campaigners had been optimistic that the appointment of former Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, as Canadian prime minister, would initiate a conversation with the UK Government about the issue affecting over 100,000 expats living in Canada.<\/p>\n The State Pension is frozen at the point of emigration for individuals primarily residing in Commonwealth countries such as Canada and Australia.<\/p>\n Retirees living in the USA or EU countries are eligible for the same considerations related to their State Pension as if they had stayed in the UK.<\/p>\n A significant proportion of the affected pensioners (49%) receive \u00a365 per week or less, with an estimated 86% of all expats not being informed that their State Pension would be frozen.<\/p>\n Campaigners have highlighted that some pensioners are receiving as little as \u00a320 a week.<\/p>\n