My father was one of 7 siblings and was brought up with his father on a war pension.

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What you did not mention in your programme was "War Pension status": You only get help from Combat stress if you are a war pensioner.

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The tipping point was the disclosure that allies of Mugabe had looted a pension fund for war veterans.

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If you're wondering why Walsh doesn't just pay the whole pension problem off with the contents of his war chest, British Airways says it needs to be kept "to deal with a difficult situation, " such as the financial bruising the airline received after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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If you're wondering why Walsh doesn't just pay the whole pension problem off with the contents of his war chest, British Airways (nyse: BAB - news - people ) says it needs to be kept "to deal with a difficult situation, " such as the financial bruising the airline received after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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And former Labour defence secretary Lord Hutton - the man the government appointed to oversee a review of public sector pensions - said linking the military pension to the consumer price index, rather than the retail price index, would mean war widows and the injured would get smaller payments in future.

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