Property News · April 21, 2018

War hero’s battle shows up our ‘inhumane’ frozen pensions policy | Rupert Jones


RAF veteran received a paltry £38.80-a-week state pension – because he moved to AustraliaRAF war hero Harry Penny was shot down over Holland in 1943, successfully evaded capture for 10 weeks, and was awarded a military OBE. But, much later in life, he ended up engaged in a battle with the British government – over his paltry state pension. And he died knowing that he hadn’t succeeded in winning that particular skirmish.Penny served his country with honour, but how did the UK government repay him? By freezing his basic state pension at the 1987 level of just £38.80 a week. He was effectively “punished” for emigrating to Australia, a Commonwealth country. Yet, if he had retired to Germany, the country we were at war with, and which he had bombed, he would have received up to £115.95 a week. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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