Claiming pension from time worked in France

woolly_wombat

mgdavid wrote: »

he could do the decent thing by France and just forget all about it.

Not an option for him.

He won't get a full UK pension (despite paying voluntary NICs whilst working in France).

Taking the SERPs opt-out bribe and an Equitable Life so-called with-profits pension has cost him dear.

martinsurrey

greenglide wrote: »

Yes, I would. Anyone who rules out staying in the single market and the customs union before the negotiations even start clearly isnt starting with an open mind has no intention to get "the best BREXIT for Britain".

Hissy fits are not available to men and women equally.

Its not being ruled out as an option, it was never an option in the first place.

Single market membership requires free movement of people.

Custom union membership requires centralized trade deals with the rest of the world, on terms agreed in the EU.

If you think you can keep either of them and get the heart of the result of the vote, you were always deluded (and this is coming from someone who wanted to stay).

Now, you can get bits and pieces of the above with a negotiated trade deal with the EU (see Turkey and San Marino for the custom union), but full membership was always with too many strings

greenglide

It's the EU that have ruled out us staying in the single market and the customs union by tying them both to free movement of all and sundry.

So Mrs May didnt make the speech about this then?

She could have kept quite or said "everything is on the table to be negotiated". At the end of the day the EU stance may be up for negotiation while Mrs May seems to have totally ruled this out.

But at least it isnt a manifesto commitment unlike self employed NI increases - does that make a u-turn easier or harder?

woolly_wombat

Back to my original query, would it be better to try and claim a pension from 4 years worked in France sooner rather than later?

woolly_wombat

An update.

OH has decided to claim his French pension a year early at 65 years and 2 months, which will be within 2 years of article 50 being triggered. He will have to take approx 5% reduction to do so, but that can be more than offset by delaying taking his UK state pension.