Frozen Pensions
Mar 2nd 2008, 2:53 pm
#1
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Frozen Pensions
Petition
Please sign this new e-petition.
There is a new petition on the UK PMs website created by a Derek
Richards, who has emigrated to New Zealand, and is appealing for support
against freezing of his pension. It only has 66 signatures at present,
I'm sure everyone would like to add their support. You can find
the petition at the following web address.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Pensionless/
You fill in your name and address and email. If you do not live in the UK you select the drop down box and identify yourself as an expatriate.
The e-petition site will send you an email. You must then click on the link
to confirm that you wish to be listed as a signatory.
You can only use your email address once, but you can include two names on
the signature line.
Please ask as many people as possible to add their support. This may not affect you now but it may in time to come.
Please sign this new e-petition.
There is a new petition on the UK PMs website created by a Derek
Richards, who has emigrated to New Zealand, and is appealing for support
against freezing of his pension. It only has 66 signatures at present,
I'm sure everyone would like to add their support. You can find
the petition at the following web address.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Pensionless/
You fill in your name and address and email. If you do not live in the UK you select the drop down box and identify yourself as an expatriate.
The e-petition site will send you an email. You must then click on the link
to confirm that you wish to be listed as a signatory.
You can only use your email address once, but you can include two names on
the signature line.
Please ask as many people as possible to add their support. This may not affect you now but it may in time to come.
Mar 2nd 2008, 7:20 pm
#2
Top Dog
Joined: Apr 2006
Location: Uk - hopefully to VIC
Posts: 374
Re: Frozen Pensions
Petition
Please sign this new e-petition.
There is a new petition on the UK PMs website created by a Derek
Richards, who has emigrated to New Zealand, and is appealing for support
against freezing of his pension. It only has 66 signatures at present,
I'm sure everyone would like to add their support. You can find
the petition at the following web address.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Pensionless/
You fill in your name and address and email. If you do not live in the UK you select the drop down box and identify yourself as an expatriate.
The e-petition site will send you an email. You must then click on the link
to confirm that you wish to be listed as a signatory.
You can only use your email address once, but you can include two names on
the signature line.
Please ask as many people as possible to add their support. This may not affect you now but it may in time to come.
Please sign this new e-petition.
There is a new petition on the UK PMs website created by a Derek
Richards, who has emigrated to New Zealand, and is appealing for support
against freezing of his pension. It only has 66 signatures at present,
I'm sure everyone would like to add their support. You can find
the petition at the following web address.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Pensionless/
You fill in your name and address and email. If you do not live in the UK you select the drop down box and identify yourself as an expatriate.
The e-petition site will send you an email. You must then click on the link
to confirm that you wish to be listed as a signatory.
You can only use your email address once, but you can include two names on
the signature line.
Please ask as many people as possible to add their support. This may not affect you now but it may in time to come.
Mar 2nd 2008, 7:58 pm
#3
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Joined: Aug 2007
Location: Ferny Hills, Brisbane
Posts: 102
Re: Frozen Pensions
Petition
Please sign this new e-petition.
There is a new petition on the UK PMs website created by a Derek
Richards, who has emigrated to New Zealand, and is appealing for support
against freezing of his pension. It only has 66 signatures at present,
I'm sure everyone would like to add their support. You can find
the petition at the following web address.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Pensionless/
You fill in your name and address and email. If you do not live in the UK you select the drop down box and identify yourself as an expatriate.
The e-petition site will send you an email. You must then click on the link
to confirm that you wish to be listed as a signatory.
You can only use your email address once, but you can include two names on
the signature line.
Please ask as many people as possible to add their support. This may not affect you now but it may in time to come.
Please sign this new e-petition.
There is a new petition on the UK PMs website created by a Derek
Richards, who has emigrated to New Zealand, and is appealing for support
against freezing of his pension. It only has 66 signatures at present,
I'm sure everyone would like to add their support. You can find
the petition at the following web address.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Pensionless/
You fill in your name and address and email. If you do not live in the UK you select the drop down box and identify yourself as an expatriate.
The e-petition site will send you an email. You must then click on the link
to confirm that you wish to be listed as a signatory.
You can only use your email address once, but you can include two names on
the signature line.
Please ask as many people as possible to add their support. This may not affect you now but it may in time to come.
Mark
Mar 2nd 2008, 10:19 pm
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Re: Frozen Pensions
Janet
Mar 2nd 2008, 10:40 pm
#7
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Re: Frozen Pensions
Too right Frayne, I've signed and going to get my family and friends to as well.
Mar 2nd 2008, 10:46 pm
#8
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Re: Frozen Pensions
Done, and posted on my retirees website - most however live in Cyprus or the US!
Mar 3rd 2008, 1:34 am
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Re: Frozen Pensions
Sorry, I don'tbuy that.
Pensions, above all things, are "contracts" that you pay into for forty-odd years. If business were to change the rules on, say, annuities, they would rightly be taken to court. Mind you, politicians are not subject to the same rules of ethics....
Pensions, above all things, are "contracts" that you pay into for forty-odd years. If business were to change the rules on, say, annuities, they would rightly be taken to court. Mind you, politicians are not subject to the same rules of ethics....
Mar 3rd 2008, 1:51 am
#11
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Re: Frozen Pensions
Your only recourse would be to vote in a different regime at the following election.
Mar 3rd 2008, 7:41 am
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Re: Frozen Pensions
Nice one ... sent it several folks out here who are not BE members
Cheers ... David
Cheers ... David
Mar 3rd 2008, 10:37 am
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Re: Frozen Pensions
Thanks , signed and passed on to others who may not be members.
Mar 3rd 2008, 12:22 pm
#15
been there........
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Location: Perth, WA
Posts: 349
Re: Frozen Pensions
I can't sign this. My UK pension wasn't frozen at the point of emigration, but from the date of its allocation - i.e., when I reached 60.
I WOULD sign if I were able, my UK pension (Widows) has dropped a third of its value in the last 3 years!
I WOULD sign if I were able, my UK pension (Widows) has dropped a third of its value in the last 3 years!