Frozen state pensions: MPs call for vote on ‘cruel’ policy

Tory MP Sir Peter Bottomley says he hopes statutory instrument will allow debate
When Anne Puckridge, a second world war veteran, moved to Canada in 2001 – having paid national insurance all her life – her British pension was £72.50 a week. Today, the 94-year-old is still drawing her state pension. It is still £72.50 a week.Canada is one of the 150 countries where the UK state pensions of British retirees are frozen by Britain – they do not increase in line with inf