Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
I'm also retired with an occupational pension. However, it seems that even though I've remarried, I'll still only be entitled to receive the basic amount payable to a SINGLE person when I reach the official State Pension age this coming September. Meaning, I shall need to wait until July 2011 - when Myrna applies for ILR - before I become eligible for a married man's pension.

i may be wrong here but i have an old pal lives in cebu he is over state pension age he married in cebu to a local girl she has never set foot in the uk but he claims and gets a married mans state pension ?????? mind you i have not spoke to him for a few years ---- have the rules changed????