KentOnline

bannermobile

News

Sport

Business

What's On

Advertise

Contact

Other KM sites

CORONAVIRUS WATCH KMTV LIVE SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTERS LISTEN TO OUR PODCASTS LISTEN TO KMFM
SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE
News

Gurkhas take pension fight to European Court of Human Rights

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 12:49, 20 June 2011

Gurkhas march through Folkestone to celebrate being given the freedom of the town.

Kent's Gurkhas are taking their battle for equal pension rights to the
European Court of Human Rights.

After winning a legal challenge for equal rights to live in the UK, the
veteran Nepalese members of the British Army are now challenging the MoD over pension arrangements.

Gurkhas who retired before 1997 are fighting to receive the same pensions as
their British and Commonwealth comrades.

Read more

More by this author

sticky

© KM Group - 2024