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Unfair: Veterans urge PM to raise “frozen pensions” with UK Government.

Unfair: Veterans urge PM to raise “frozen pensions” with UK Government.

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At 98 years old, UK expat Patricia Coulthard wonders why her service as a nurse in World War II is worth so little to the British government.
As a young woman, Patricia nursed wounded soldiers after Dunkirk and in dangerous wartime conditions in India and Burma.
She suffered severe deprivation and illness and didn’t see her parents in England for three years.
Patricia eventually moved to Australia and receives a small UK pension (about £45 per week – or $80), the same amount she has …

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