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He made specific reference to the fact he lives in a Commonwealth country – an association of 54 member states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire.

Mr Goldman continued: “I thought the Commonwealth had very special ties to the UK, but that is apparently not the case.

“We are singled out for pensions to be frozen, where other people in different parts of the world get full indexing every year.

“In fact, if I only were to move about 200 miles further south across the US border, my pension would be fully indexed.”

Mr Goldman explained the Canadian government pays out their state pension for all citizens, regardless of their place of residence. 

Indeed, they also offer full increases to those who have chosen to move overseas.