I was happy to help Ian and be quoted in his piece, it's a disgraceful situation made worse by the fact that remedy is simple and cheap. The Forces Pension Society, as a body, has taken a curious strategic position on this, it runs the risk of being peripheral when it should be at the heart of things relating to military pensioners - the reasons offered so far stand little credible merit.
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