WELCOME
ARBA, the Association for the Rights of Britons Abroad, was founded by a group of British expatriates in Brussels in the late 1970s in order to defend the rights of British expatriates, increasingly ignored by many in Government and in Parliament.
NEWS AND PETITIONS
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28 June 2012
The Electoral Registration and Administration Bill was debated in the House of Commons yesterday, 27June 2012. The amendment to remove the time limit for voting rights of British citizens abroad was inexplicably withdrawn. Next step he Lords. Please write urgently to Members of the House of Lords, as well as your MP (if you have one!) or the MPs of your choice, to urge them to support life-long votes for expatriate British Citizens. See more on the Voting Rights page.
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17 June 2012
The Electoral Representation Bill is due to be discussed in the House of Commons this week, 18 - 22 June 2012. Please write urgently to your MP (if you have one!) or the MPs of your choice, particularly Nick Clegg, to urge them to support life-long votes for expatriate British Citizens. See more on the Voting Rights page.
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15 April 2012
PENSIONS - A NEW PETITION ORGANISED THROUGH AVAAZ
END THE UNFAIR FROZEN OVERSEAS PENSION POLICY
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION ON THE AVAAZ.ORG SITE, AND ASK YOUR RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ALSO
More than half-a-million expat British pensioners living in 49 countries around the world, including British Commonwealth nations, are denied parity in basic pension payments granted to pensioners living in every other part of the world. Their pensions are "frozen" at the same amount received on the first payment. Discrimination against selective pensioners, who, like all other British taxpayers contributed to social security, is indefensible and should be challenged as vigorously as possible.
and see the Pensions Petitions page on this site here
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PENSIONS
END THE UNFAIR FROZEN OVERSEAS PENSION POLICY
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION ON THE UK GOVERNMENT'S DIRECTGOV SITE, AND ASK YOUR RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ALSO
and see the Penssions Petition page on this site here
VOTING RIGHTS
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION ON THIS SITE
Votes for Britons campaign http://votes-for-expat-brits.com
IF YOU BELIEVE BRITISH CITIZENS WHO HAVE LEFT THE UK FOR OVER 15 YEARS SHOULD BE RE-ENFRANCHISED - YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE CONCERNED DIRECTLY YOURSELF IN ORDER TO SIGN.
Please see the large and growing number of links to the media outlets which have published supporting press articles & radio interviews on votes for Britons abroad, at
http://votes-for-expat-brits-blog.com/media-supporters/
Watch Brian Cave's interview or listen to it
with www.expatsradio.com
recorded on Monday 24 October 2011.
Please see the Press Release of the 11th March 2010
"Court Challenge Against Voting Law That Disenfranchises Britons Abroad"
