Pension minister Steve Webb's decision to stop foreign spouses claiming UK state pension based on their husband or wife's history of National Insurance contributions is 'cynical' and a knee-jerk reaction to UKIP's election success, deVere Group has said.
The move, announced by Webb over the long weekend, means from 2016 the government will scrap claims on contributions made by a spouse under the married person's allowance. Therefore, after 2016, sp...
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