| "KonaBody"> | | | | world. Unlike some countries such as Australia and |
| So you´ve purchased your Lanzarote villa in the | | | | Canada where they are frozen at the rate first |
| sun and decided you want to live there. Is it just | | | | paid when you moved abroad, UK pensioners get |
| as simple as packing up your stuff, getting on a | | | | their UK pension increased each year. |
| plane and moving in? | | | | Few other state benefits can be paid outside the |
| The simple answer is yes! As Lanzarote is part of | | | | UK. However, war disablement pension and |
| Spain, and so part of the EU, you are allowed to | | | | industrial injuries disablement benefit (and their |
| live in Lanzarote without any restrictions if you | | | | widow's benefits) can be paid and are increased |
| are a British citizen. You can move there for work | | | | annually. Other disability benefits and means-tested |
| or retirement. The good news is that the state | | | | benefits are not paid, so if you get Pension Credit |
| retirement pension, bereavement allowance and | | | | or council tax benefit they will stop. |
| widow's pension can be paid anywhere in the | | | | |