Merida55

[Merida55 @Merida551]

@NeilAlexMoray Well done

[War Widows Assoc @WarWidowsAssoc]

We were heard! Thank you so much to our President and Vice Presidents for their unstinting support. Most of all, thanks to the members who shared their very moving stories with dignity.

[Jude Howcroft @JudeHowcroft67]

War widows attack MoD over 'ridiculous' loophole that would make them £8,000 a year better off if they divorced | Evening Standard https://t.co/j28ohtt8o6

[raqual harper-titche @raqualharpertit]

Angry war widow fumes at Rishi Sunak - ‘We’ve been lied to and deceived’ https://t.co/AbuIBvWUzK

[Army Widows @ArmywidowsA]

@JohnnyMercerUK Good efforts…we NEED a VOICE for the BEREAVED COHORT! Still fighting the debacle of the War Widow Pension/ex-gratia recognition payment! @VeteransUK_MOD @AWMurrison @RishiSunak @WarWidowsAssoc @rnrmwidows @RAFWidows

[raqual harper-titche @raqualharpertit]

@vloaiza @hmtreasury @JohnnyMercerUK @ArmywidowsA @CorporalScotty @WarWidowsAssoc @rnrmwidows @RAFWidows
#warwidows #campaign300
@RishiSunak in 2023 War Widows are still being lied to and deceived! #injustice #discrimination

[Merida55 @Merida551]

@raqualharpertit Raqual this is my MP who I have been badgering over last few years, sent him email earlier thus week so great to see he's listening to me!!

[Merida55 @Merida551]

@raqualharpertit Well done Raqual for standing up for us, let us hope he was suitability embarrassed and will therefore follow this through to bring about justice

[Merida55 @Merida551]

@JohnnyMercerUK @JohnnyMercerUK what about the Widows- the War Widows who are still facing discrimination

[War Widows Assoc @WarWidowsAssoc]

"Britain's forgotten war widows say a government scheme to finally give them a special Recognition Payment is a total fiasco."

https://t.co/rAn9t2Pg8v

[Dr Nadine Leese @nadine_leese]

It was sobering, too, that while thousands had crowded the cenotaph less than an hour before the war widows’ service, few remained to pay their respects to those left behind. Sometimes, it’s easier to remember the dead than it is to face those who are a living reminder of them.

[Merida55 @Merida551]

@AWMurrison @PoppyLegion @HouseofCommons Absolutely devastated by the news of the Recognition Payment that it is not going to be paid to War Widows, for which the campaign was all about. The fact you decided to impart this information just days before Remembrance Day parades it beyond contempt, you should be ashamed!!

[Mary @Mary90310014]

@raqualharpertit @AWMurrison @PoppyLegion @HouseofCommons Raqual thinking of you and all the others that were left behind after the ultimate sacrifice was paid, unbelievable that a government that espouses family values can treat war widows this way. Broken promises to the men and women who served.

[raqual harper-titche @raqualharpertit]

@AWMurrison @PoppyLegion @HouseofCommons Absolutely disgusted with your response today regarding the ex-gratia payment. I wish I had known when I thanked you, in person, and told you my story- you didn’t even mention I didn’t meet the criteria-criteria that was not agreed! Was always about the WWP!
#betrayed#deceived

[Merida55 @Merida551]

@JohnnyMercerUK What about the forgotten War Widows, we are still waiting to hear the outcome of disastrous, chaotic recognition payment scheme.

[Army Widows @ArmywidowsA]

Please don’t forget about the often ‘forgotten group’ Bereaved Families. Not your remit, but in today’s Government, some Widows are STILL having to fight for their WWP- or at least the agreed ex-gratia payment! @WarWidowsAssoc @RAFWidows @rnrmwidows @AWMurrison @RishiSunak

[Merida55 @Merida551]

@richywalsh20 @WarWidowsAssoc @Cobseo @SSAFA @ForcesNews @Soldierscharity @VeteransGovUK @PoppyLegion @The_AFF @RNRMC @rnrmwidows @SupportRAF_FF @HelpforHeroes And in Scotland we pay more tax as we have higher rates. So unjust, the discrimination continues. We only wanted parity with our peers!

[Merida55 @Merida551]

@JohnnyMercerUK @WarWidowsAssoc @Cobseo And for those of us who live in Scotland we will be subject to higher rate of tax than our widow counterparts in England, Wales and NI. Yet again discrimination applied!

[Merida55 @Merida551]

@WarWidowsAssoc Does Baroness Fookes realise this payment is to be taxed? Because of the amount it will be subject to higher rate tax, and for those living in Scotland will be paying more in taxation! Yet again more discrimination.

[Merida55 @Merida551]

@nickolester @UKHouseofLords Does Baroness Fookes realise this payment is to be taxed? Because of the amount it will be subject to higher rate tax, and for those living in Scotland will be paying more in taxation! Yet again more discrimination.