Equality in veterans pensions
Created By Michael Smith Over a month ago
Veterans who left service before April 1975 get no pension
Veterans who left service before April 1975 get no pension
Veterans of the UK Armed Forces serving on regular engagements who left the service prior to April 1975 having completed less than 22 years for Other ranks or 16 years for Commissioned Officers made indirect contributions towards pension but receive no benefit in return.
Those who served for a minimum of 2 years beyond April 1975 are entitled to a preserved pension pro-rata their service on reaching the age of 60,on the same terms as the pre-April 1975 leavers.
This is an outrageous injustice which Governments over the past 30 years have chosen to ignore.
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Dave Lewis,its not just this government meaness they also don't pay a pension for any time done before18 years of age.
i am 91 seved in malaya for 3 years so sure it come to late for many if we were entitled to any thing
Signed on RAF Boy Entrant Oct 59. aged 17 yrs. Did 12 years Man Service. Demobed Sept 72. Then joined West York's Police. Could only do 25 years as had to retire aged 55 , so only get 2/3rd Police Pension, nothing to carry over from RAF to police pension. Joined Armed Forces Pension Group but...
With reference to Jock's message. I agree with what he has said but we have to keep up the pressure and yes one day it might bring results.
That will never happen, it would cost a fortune
Is there any movement on the campaign to get the Royal Navy members pre 1975 to be given the Pension they should be entitled to. ????????????????
I think that this typical of the people who are now in parliament, they have no morals or any sene of justice.
https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/d675b8ae-9f37-4f78-988d-87d973607b99?fbclid=IwAR2iKUI-5lFkntn577I-RBa8T5R-Jpvz43mhFsp7gfibknNEUKGpoIViV7w This link is interesting a defence committee meeting on TV. Go To FB and Write we for in search, a bit more about pre 1975ers pensions.
I think the government is waiting for all the ex military to die, then they don't have to pay them.
The cost factor is irrelevant, as we paid for the pension. That meant a person paid by receiving adjusted pay (lower) for all of the time he or her served. That meant that that money was saved if he or she did not make the 22 years. So what happened to that????.