Euro-MP backs servicemen’s pension fight
Date published: 29 July 2009
A campaign fighting for ex-servicemen to receive a pension is being backed by Oldham’s UK Independence Party Euro-MP.
Paul Nuttall has thrown his weight behind the campaign launched by the Armed Forces Pension Group (AFPG) to provide ex-servicemen, who served before April, 1975, with a pension.
Prior to that date servicemen had to have served 22 years to be eligible for a pension. However, when this was changed it did not apply retrospectively,
Mr Nuttall said: “I think it is an absolute disgrace that men and women who were willing to die for this country have been treated so shabbily by successive governments.”
“There must be hundreds of Oldham men and women who served in the Armed Forces prior to April, 1975 who are not receiving the pension they deserve.
“I encourage them to contact AFPG and get behind the campaign to claim the money that is morally theirs.”.
AFPG has already collected 200,000 signatures across the country. The group hopes to collect one million signatures and hand the petition to 10 Downing Street.
People interested in helping can contact info@afpg.info or telephone 01623-402290.
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