英国拟废止“配偶养老金”制度
<p>在本周三的女王演讲中，英国政府将公布一系列法案修正提案，其中包括停止发放“已婚人士养老金”。英国目前的养老金制度规定，在职已婚人士退休后领取养老金的同时，其配偶也可根据其之前缴纳的社会保险金额申领一定数额的“已婚人士津贴”。这一规定导致很多英国公民的外籍配偶在未缴纳任何社会保险和所得税的情况下，每年还能领到约3500英镑（约合人民币33615元）的政府津贴。英国养老金及社保大臣韦伯日前表示，不居住在英国但是一直在领取“配偶养老金”的人数高达22万，他们每年申领的配偶养老金约为3500英镑，相当于英国纳税人每年的纳税额中有4.1亿英镑被用于供养外籍配偶，而这些人中有一部分甚至“从未踏上过英国的国土”。将于2016年实行的新养老金法案将废除这一做法，并规定凡是在英国工作、照顾老人或小孩至少35年的人将获得至少每年7000英镑的政府养老金。养老金申领将根据个人的工作贡献和税金缴纳而定，未缴纳社会保险和所得税的在职人士配偶将无法申领养老金。</p><p><span word="Taxpayers">Taxpayers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="funding">funding</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="pensions">pensions</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="abroad">abroad</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="paid">paid</span> <span word="tax">tax</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="country">country</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="disclosed">disclosed</span>.</p><p><span word="Steve">Steve</span> <span word="Webb">Webb</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pensions">pensions</span> <span word="minister">minister</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="receiving">receiving</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="pensions">pensions</span> <span word="overseas">overseas</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="citizens">citizens</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="have">have</span> “<span word="never">never</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="all">all</span>”.</p>
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