I have been living in Australia for 13 years and have only recently found out that I have a small private pension that I must have had from a previous UK employer, I completely forgot about it. The fund is not much, its around £7500. I am just turning 57 in October and I believe I can get access to it but I also read somewhere that the UK government would pillage a large amount of it in tax, if I transfer it to my Australian bank account. I have no UK bank accounts as they were all closed when I emigrated.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated