Cumulative pension.. Italy + UK

Hi Everyone,
Leaving aside Brexit scenarios... I would like to know what is the best strategy if having say 10 years of pension contributions in Italy and 8 years in UK.

I know the state pension triggers at 10years but I wanted to know what would you do in my case.

Will the 10 years in Italy count like 10 years in UK in terms of state pension calculations ? How do you claim this ? What sort of paperwork ? Any other details you think might be of interest please let me know... I'm really confused....


Thanks.