Originally Posted by
NutLoose
Is not some of the pension pot made up of funding left over from those that have died but had no spouse etc? would it not diminish the pot to pay that out to third parties?
I suppose one way to assertain their couple status is look at the electoral register, council tax register, however renters etc would show up.
Since this will be defined by salary and not by performance of investment, there is no pot. The money just comes from (certain) amorphous government finances