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The Editor
The Daily Telegraph
LONDON

11th May 2005

Dear Sirs,

MPs Pensions:

I am sure that many of your Readers who have lost their pensions, or had retirement income drastically reduced through the taxes imposed by Gordon Brown, must have gasped with incredulity at the way in which MPs are awarding themselves such generous rewards for minimal service to this country.

Not least among those reeling from the shock, will be those ex servicemen and women across the world, who left the Armed Forces before 1975 without any kind of pension whatsoever, even though many had served for 20 years in places like Korea, Suez, Aden, Cyprus and East Africa, defending the interests of this nation, and its people.

Whilst we are grateful for the public recognition of events such as VE Day, successive Governments have chosen to ignore the plight of ex service people who have been brushed aside in their claim for meagre recognition of their service, in retirement. The Combined Armed Forces Federation UK seeks to set the record straight (www.caffuk.co.uk)

Are you still listening, Tony Blair?

Yours sincerely,

Chris Watkin
Hon Treasurer: CAFFUK