The Military Convenient ...
- 6 November 2013 09:22251360To whom it may concern...
"My husband, Michael, has been a soldier since he was sixteen. We are proud to be part of the army and accept the highs and lows. Michael even missed the birth of our second child because he was serving in Iraq. But despite putting duty before family so many times, my husband is losing his pension.
My husband has been made redundant just three days before qualifying for his military pension. We had planned to use the pension for a mortgage when we left army accommodation and to support our young family while Michael established a new career. Now our family's financial security has been snatched away from us.
David Cameron made a promise called the Military Covenant to look after those that had risked their lives for our country. That is why I've started a petition on Change.org calling on David Cameron to honour his promise and let my husband receive his pension.
The military pension is the key financial promise on which service personnel are recruited, retained and promoted. It exists to assist service personnel transition with dignity to civilian life and is a promise around which army families plan their financial futures.
I understand redundancies sometimes need to be made but soldiers who are a few months or, in Michael's case, days from achieving their pension should not suffer such huge losses.
Please sign my petition to ask the Prime Minister to show the same loyalty and commitment to my family that we have shown to the army over the years.
Thank you,
Jolene
Top row centre...
https://www.change.org/en-GBIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 6 November 2013 09:45251362P.S.
Cookies prevent me from giving a link direct to the petition, but if any of you do sign it you could post that link before you sign. Just to make it easier for those coming along.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 6 November 2013 09:51251364must have been a hammer blow for the family, always gets to me when military personnel are dumped so readily leaving little time to adjust to a new life.
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
6 November 2013 10:22251366Life can be so unfair at times.
As requested Tom
https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/pm-david-cameron-david-cameron-keep-your-promise-to-our-military-let-my-husband-have-his-pension-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 6 November 2013 10:24251367Thank you Jan.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
- 6 November 2013 11:38251376Done it yesterday Tom after getting e-mail from the lady herself.
- 6 November 2013 17:08251410This is wrong on so many levels. I've signed the petition.
Roger - 6 November 2013 17:54251418I agree totally out of order the Government has made the military cuts and these cuts should not see those loosing their military positions also loosing their pension rights. I have also signed the petition.
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
6 November 2013 18:00251420this happened a few years back,some ex service was eo peed of he tried this.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/what-would-make-guy-fawkes-1417972