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There seems to be a lot of confusion about this!

All "government" pensions, e.g. civil service, local government, NHS, Armed Forces, etc. will be liable to  UK tax, but the State Pension, despite its name, is technically NOT a pension, it's a social security benefit and so it CAN be paid free of UK tax if you are tax-resident in another country. (And you can, if you want, have it remitted in Euros: they use the Citibank exchange rate which is actually quite good.)

@Peter Ty

Yeah tax clearance always causes significant delays on selling

As Peter says government paid pensions, civil servants council NHS workers firemen policemen Armed forces  excluding state pensions must be taxed in UK .. there is no escaping that

@timhuntington As the SP falls below the tax threshold currently of £12570 no tax is paid

All government pensions are from Jan 25 taxed at source

Thanks very much guys for all your input.

Well I need to get my benifits  over here then tax free!

Phil, I do have a tin and the page says there's no outstanding documents but need to look into this more.

Dear Tim,

Your case should be examined as we need to understand your current status in Cyprus, your status in the UK and the amount of the pension

If you have tax residency in Cyprus you can apply for the non-domicile status and use the exemption and flat tax rate of 5%

Cyprus has DTA with the UK, so the income tax can be minimize according to the DTA

Best advice see a good tax professional... Who is conversant with both UK and Cyprus taxation

@lshill

If you reach State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016, your State Pension will increase every week you defer, as long as you defer for at least 9 weeks. Your State Pension increases by the equivalent of 1% for every 9 weeks you defer. This works out as just under 5.8% for every 52 weeks. The extra amount is paid with your regular State Pension payment.

Example: You get £230.25 a week (the full new State Pension). By deferring for 52 weeks, you’ll get an extra £13.35 a week (5.8% of £230.25).

State Pension  £11,973 invested in say a cash ISA at 5 % = tax free £598.65 in the first year

Deferred additional £13.35 x 52 = £694.2 pre tax (average 20% basic rate tax payer £138.84) £555.36

You would take 20 years to recoup the initial loss of £11973   (Marginal increase in the long term but very few collect pension in their 90s )