State pensioners are missing £26,000 worth of payments, they have been warned. More than 450,000 pensioners who retire abroad have their state pension “frozen” when they leave the UK, Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) claimants have been warned.

While British retirees that move abroad still receive a UK state pension, only some of them benefit from the triple lock, as it depends which country they reside in.

Someone who retired abroad to a country 15 years ago where UK state pensions are not increased, such as Australia, Canada or South Africa, would have had their annual state pension frozen at £5,077.

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A pensioner living in the UK would have received the same amount in 2010, but the

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