British pensioners spending time abroad could lose pension credit

Anyone who is out of Britain for more than a month will lose their pension credit, it was revealed in the Autumn Statement, in bad news for those who spend part of the year abroad.

The cut-off point for losing the means-tested pension credit will be reduced from 13 weeks spent overseas to just four from next April, Chancellor George Osborne announced on Wednesday.

The Telegraph: Autumn Statement: hard-up Brits spending time abroad could lose benefits