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"Another pensioner was quoted as saying the cost of living has soared, which I partly agreed with until I read "corned beef prices in our local Iceland have gone through the roof!" "

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"Almost half of Britons are considering retiring to a cheaper country in order to have a better standard of living when they stop working, according to new figures from the pensions industry. "

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"You can grin and bear it, in the best British tradition, and feign surprise when you end up working until your 90th birthday. Or you can up sticks and emigrate."

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"Expat Britons campaigning for the permanent right to to vote in UK elections were delighted last week when the Conservative peer Lord Lexden said he supported their fight "

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"The world has changed and being a 'good European' should not mean disenfrachisement. "

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"The current recession combined with the perception that property is cheaper overseas and job prospects better collectively accounted for nearly a third of all reasons for emigrating, according to a survey by Skyscanner. "

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"Around 825,000 expats have cancelled their plans to return to the UK in last 12 months and 69% say they will stay abroad indefinitely, an increase of 13% in a year, the research from Lloyds TSB International also found."

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"... pressuring the Government to introduce a non-means tested state pension of around £174 a week – which they say is the minimum income required to keep a pensioner out of poverty – and to bring its spend on pensions more in line with other European countries."

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"Expats are being encouraged to pressure the Government to remove the time limit on their right to vote, after a cabinet minister said that the issue was being looked at. "

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The decision of a Spanish-British couple to live in the UK (as in the case of Nick Clegg MP, the Deputy Prime Minister, and his Spanish wife) has no undesirable consequences in terms of expat voting rights, because the Spanish spouse has a lifelong right to vote in Spanish national elections. But a decision made by a similar couple to live somewhere like Spain would, under the present legislation, lead to the denial of voting rights to the British spouse after15 years.

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"More worrying, if such an idea were to catch on, would be that we Brits would then become unwelcome everywhere else. I hope to be able to escape again one day. "

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"The expat way of life is attracting more and more people as nearly a third of UK employees consider leaving the country in the next five years, according to a new study from currency broker Currencies.co.uk. "

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"Nine in 10 expats think they made the right choice in moving from the UK ..." and that's in the Torygraph!

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Possibly handy if you want to watch TV or videos online that are not usually available at your location.

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"I suppose that we all emigrate for different reasons, to get away from something or someone, to make a new start, curiosity, the travel bug, for a better life, for a healthier life, because our company sent us abroad, or just on impulse. For me it was a combination of several of those things."

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"By moving abroad, pensioners would save the Exchequer billions of pounds in health and social care costs - highly desirable at a time when the UK needs to make deep cuts to its welfare budget. So, asks John Markham, why isn't the government doing more to encourage it? "

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"Most expats leave the UK looking for a happier life - and they find it, according to new research. "

OK, tell me something I didn't know.

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"A DWP spokesman said: "No-one can just come into the UK and start claiming our benefits. "We have strict rules in place to protect the system from any abuse. For instance, to claim an income-related benefit, a person from the EU will have to pass the Habitual Residence Test alongside all of our other eligibility criteria. They will have to prove they have a right to reside here and will then be asked to prove their attachment to the UK; they will have to show an intention to settle here and their reasons for coming to the UK. "

Incidentally, even as a British citizen, I had to pass these tests before I could claim benefits when I returned to the UK from Spain in 2008. Most prospective repats probably aren't aware of this.

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"Analysts at the Swiss bank found prices in Britain were rising at an annual rate of 4.9 per cent - against 3.6 per cent in Germany, a euro zone average of 1.8 per cent and a U.S. increase of 1.5 per cent. And they said the UK stood out for having the 'broadest' range of food price hikes."

The only positive in this is that this will make Europe relatively cheap again for holidaymakers and budding expats.

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"Research suggests that the number of expats planning to return to Britain has begun to drop significantly, as they are put off by the idea of living in 'austerity Britain'. "

Sensible decision in my estimation.

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