There are over a million Expats from UK. About half of them get the same increases in their state pensions annually as they would if they lived in UK, and the others (like us in Thailand) get bugger all!
eg. My brother went to live in the Philippines. He gets annual increases ie cost of living annually. I don't!
Why? Who knows......We both paid the same amount into the kitty throughout our working lives. It's a disgrace is it not?
Anyway, The International Consortium of British Pensioners
(Contact Jim Tilley - jimtilley@bigpond.com) heads the many UK Pensioners
living in Australia who are lobbying for this anomaly to be put right, and he has told me that he would welcome anyone from Thailand to join if they like.
The last government turned us down out of hand.
Perhaps the new one will be fairer.
Please get involved it's the only way you will be able to combat the low exchange rate and the increased cost of living......
The Consortiums web site is http://www.pension-parity-uk.com

I think there are over a million British expats just in Spain alone (though for a number of reasons I know a lot are having to return home).

The discussion over all UK pensioners being awarded the increases has been discussed at the European Court in Strasbourg, and as you say it was rejected. The disparity seems very wrong, I agree. Those pensioners living in Spain get it, but in more than 100 other countries they don't.

It makes me laugh when governments blatantly waste money and seem to think nothing of it, yet when it comes to the more important issues they are tight fisted with it.