UK Soldier Has Pension Stolen By Pen Pushers
The things we have to do to earn a bloody pension
A British soldier has been axed from his job just 72 hours before the completion of his 18 years of service to his country, the soldier who is in his forties had served for 17 years and 362 days when he received his redundancy notice as the army cut about 5,000 jobs.
The move which will prevent the soldier from getting a full pension and means he will have to wait a further 18 years before he can draw a smaller pension has been called a mean and unfair move.
Malcolm Farrow speaking for The Forces Pension Society said “To be made redundant just three days before your pension is due to be paid is extremely harsh and very unfair.”
Prime Minister David Cameron has been urged from all sides to intervene, The Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy called the move robbery and said that service personnel who had given so much for the country deserve to be treated better than this.
The story comes after warnings of stringent cuts to the armed forces were announced last year, The Sun Newspaper then revealed that hundreds just short of qualifying for their pensions were at risk and being targeted for the sack.
The pension rules were changed in 2010 when servicemen made redundant could claim an immediate pension if they had completed 12 years of service, it is now 18 years.
A MOD spokesman said ” servicemen who leave just before their 18 years have been completed do not get an immediate pension, he added, the redundancy scheme pays a larger tax-free lump sum and they will still receive a pension and another tax free sum when they reach 60 or 65.
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