Monthly Archives: August, 2012
Read the Testimonies of Family Members of The Unpensionables – What they feel about the treatment of their partners, sons, brothers.
Wife of Unpensionable As the wife of an Army major being made redundant in June 2012 I can only say that I am disgusted and angry by the treatment we have received. My husband will be just a few weeks from reaching his immediate pension point and we are being cheated out of a …
Listen to Families of Unpensionables talking about their situation
Monday, August 27, 2012 BBC Radio Five Live: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01m5j8b Interview is approx 1hr into the programme and lasts about 10 mins. (Story about a Lion on the Loose in Essex used up most of our alloted time!!!) Listen to the Programme which interviews families of The Unpensionables Comment by listener to the programme: by Ms …
MoD condemned by all sides in row over soldiers’ pensions
Sign the Parliamentary epetition: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/35949 by Deborah Haynes – Defence Editor of The Times – 25 August 2012 Politicians on both sides of the House called on the Government yesterday to do more for a group of officers who have been sacked just before becoming eligible for an early pension. Calling the situation “shabby”, Patrick …
The Unpensionables: army wives rail at timing of redundancies
Please sign the Parliamentary epetition: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/35949 Laura Richards, an Army officer’s wife, feels betrayed. Her husband was made redundant over the summer, less than a year away from being able to claim an immediate pension — a sum of money that the family had planned their lives around. They …
Scandal of soldiers denied a pension – The Times 24 Aug 2012
By Deborah Haynes – Defence Editor of The Times Please sign the Parliamentary epetition: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/35949 The families of long-serving Army officers have urged the Defence Secretary to reverse a decision that will cost them hundreds of thousands of pounds in lost pensions. Relatives want the Government to review the military’s redundancy scheme after their …
The Times leader – 24 August 2012
The Unpensionables Redundancy months shy of a pension is no way to uphold the military covenant U Published at 12:01AM, August 24 2012 Nobody joins the Army to get rich, although pension provision for service personnel has traditionally been among the most generous in the public sector. Yet those in the Armed Forces are not …
