DWP confirms 'no plans' to uprate state pension for one group of claimants

NewsCost Of LivingDWPThe DWP has issued an update in Westminster this week09:44, 04 Sep 2026The DWP has issued an update in Westminster this weekThe Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed it will only uprate state pension payments for pensioners living abroad where there is a "legal requirement" to do so.‌The DWP has issued an update in Westminster this week, as MPs returned from summer recess. Sorcha Eastwood, an Alliance MP for Lagan Valley, reached out in the Commons with a question for the DWP.‌Ms Eastwood wanted "to ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the equity of applying different State Pension uprating rules to pensioners based on country of residence for identical levels of National Insurance contributions," she said in the Co