It has been a deliberate Westminster disinformation strategy to spread fears over future Scottish pensions after independence.
Generally this deliberate fearmongering has been directed at older Scottish pensioners. People who rely on their pension and worry a lot, making them susceptible to insecurity and imaginary fears.
It is a deliberate Westminster political strategy which is disgusting in its lack of ethics. A matter for British shame.
So here is the genuine answer to the question of what happens to Pensions in Independent Scotland:
Nothing happens.
England will not be able to commit the theft of Scottish pensions. This is entirely against the law of the UK, the UN, the EU and the entire civilised world. And there are European and UN World courts to enforce these laws.
When Scotland separates from England it will take approximately 8.5% of the total UK national wealth with it. This will be the proportion indisputably owned by Scotland by population ratio.
This total wealth proportion will include all Scottish pensions of every type. Everything, even navy ships and air force planes will be divided up in these proportions.
There will be absolutely no change in pensions or their reliability, apart from the address from which it will arrive in your bank account.
In fact your pension is far more likely to rise under a caring Independent Scottish Social Democracy than it has been under decades of Westminster governments.
We saw this already with the far more generous Scottish energy and various poverty payments during the recent covid/economic/energy crisis.
These Westminster governments have consciously made British pensioners have the lowest level of old age pension in all of first world Europe.
The UK knowingly has the poorest pensioners in Europe. And the slackest taxation laws for billionaires.
So be certain that English Westminster cannot steal Scottish pension money, much as it would love to.
This is what World Courts and EU / UN sanctions are for. To maintain justice and protect smaller countries from criminal behaviour by larger ones.
England dare not risk facing these World Courts as a weak and isolated colonialist power claiming ownership of Scotland. After Brexit It is already facing disaster on all sides both internally in poverty and globally in lack of trade and influence.
Scottish pensions after independence are perfectly safe. And probably rising.
