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Comment on Forces Redundancy Injustice – Overview by roberts

roberts — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:51:14 +0000

Unfortunately this is also happening to Navy personal, anyone who have had a break in their service and were on the 75 scheme and had to join the 05 scheme ,completing the amount of years service to qualify for a immediate pension when they leave are now being told they will not get their pension until the age of 65.Also no EDP or tax free sum any more.

Comment on The Military Covenant – by Saul David by jah192

jah192 — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:16:48 +0000

An excllent article but the Forces Pension Society web page states “…although Armed Forces Pension Schemes are usually considered to be non-contributory, the salaries of all Service people are abated by an amount agreed by the Armed Forces Review Body to take into account the value of the pension.” In essence a service person has had a cut in pay at the source to contribute towards their pension.

Comment on Should the MoD be buying up land in Scotland or paying soldiers their pensions? by Andrew Wilson

Andrew Wilson — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:12:52 +0000

The land in question is where the ex Lloyds buildings are located, not the land upon which the lighthouse is located, this will be retained by the Northern Lighthouse Board and is the land upon which The Ozone Cafe is located. The road is owned by the Highland Council and will remain so. The ex Lloyds buildings are in a state of disrepair and will cost anyone who does buy the land a fair sum of money to even demolish,quite frankly they are an eyesore anyway and currently closed off to the public for safety reasons. I know for a fact that since mid April until today the MOD have not closed the road for any military exercise and as such the local tourism operators have not suffered. Why would the MOD want to close off the peninsular when the lands current use really only extends to 2 large exercises per year and one of them takes place outside of the tourist season?
If the DDG are so interested in a community buy out of the land why as this not
progressed since the MOD expressed an interest in the land over 5 years ago? Where are the DDG going to find the money from to buy the land and either demolish or make good the Lloyds buildings? I doubt very much that this money will come from less than 30% of the community! What happens in another 5 years time when the DDG have still not made any proposals to finance the buy out or is this just a case of stopping the MOD from buying the land?

Comment on Why won’t the MoD do the right thing? by Colin Smith

Colin Smith — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:57:30 +0000

The MOD should be embarrassed, this is quite appalling! The cost of putting this RIGHT is small fry in comparison with the money the MOD has waisted in managing contract poorly… (BOWMAN etc)

Comment on Scandal of soldiers denied a pension – The Times 24 Aug 2012 by Pension Justice for Troops

Pension Justice for Troops — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:52:50 +0000

Dear Mr Richardson, I was sorry to hear about your case. Unfortunately you are not alone. It seems unfair that you don’t receive some sort of proportional pension related to your time served. I know the MoD line is that they have reduced the time served for ranks from 22 years to 18, but it can’t be beyond them to work out a more fair system for soldiers like yourself, who have probably seen more active service than any cohort of British troops since WWII.

If ou would like to write to me at pensionjusticefortroops@yahoo.co.uk with more details of your case I would be happy to add it to the cases we are putting forward to MPs to try and get a review of the whole pensions issue.

Comment on Scandal of soldiers denied a pension – The Times 24 Aug 2012 by Philip Richardson

Philip Richardson — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:03:45 +0000

I am a serving member of the armed forces and i have been made redundent 85 days short of my 18 year point which is my immediate pension point

Comment on MoD condemned by all sides in row over soldiers’ pensions by Pension Justice for Troops

Pension Justice for Troops — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:59:19 +0000

Dear Mr Flint,

You don’t know how much I appreciate your comment. As you have probably read, I became involved in this issue purely because it affected my “little” brother. He’s 10 years younger than me and although 6’2″ will always be my “little” brother. I felt so upset for him, not only losing the career he loved, but in the way the MoD and the governemnt were treating him. As you said, this is definitely NOT an issue about government foreign policy, it is about employment rights, and just treating people fairly and with respect.

What I found most heartening in your comment was your understanding of the heart of the matter. Unless we get others, rightminded peoplse like yourself who can appreciate and see an injustice when it is staring them in the face, we will not be able to force the politicians to take action.

Please spread the word…if they can “come for the army” who are the servants of the state, who have no union representation and rely wholly and fully on their chain of command and Parliament to look after their best interests, then, as you point out…where oh where will it end…..

Please keep in touch and write to your MP or the Times regarding the issue if you can…the more pressure we can raise the better…

Thank you again for sparing the time to comment.

ps I am actually a retired teacher, retired early due to ill health and am disabled…so I also know about the other social “genocide” you talk about….There are a lot of issues that get to me…but I find it interesting that it is my brothers plight, and more importantly the plight of his children, my neice and nephews which has really given me the energy to act…Rightious indignation for my blood family’s plight is the fuel which fires my engine!

Comment on MoD condemned by all sides in row over soldiers’ pensions by Mr Flint

Mr Flint — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:40:26 +0000

I am a pacifist, but I respect the difficult job the armed forces do and their commitment to doing so, which is so much more skilled, complex and demanding than any normal job. I thought the sick and disabled were the primary target of government spending cuts I would class as social genocide, but I see no-one is to be spared. I am signing the e-petition and would urge anyone, irrespective of their beliefs regarding armed conflict to do the same.