MARK HATCH

Hi. I live in France full time but do my work in the UK. I file my self assessment in the UK and pay tax in UK. I then report my UK earnings on French tax return and pay no tax here under the Doble-tax treaty. All good. I want to take 25% of a private pension in the UK which is tax free there, Do I then just declare that money on my next UK self-assessment, report that assessment as usual on my French tax return and thus pay no more tax in France or is that pension lump sum treated differently? if I am still working in UK and earning, surely this lump sum (and if I started taking any UK private pension) is just put through my UK tax declaration, UK tax is paid and there is nothing to pay in France?