Bumper £15m pension rise for 22.000 Gurkha soldiers, minister confirms

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Gurkha veterans are to be rewarded with a bumper new pension deal

Under the new deal, they will get a £15m increase in the Gurkha

And some veterans could receive increases of up to 34 per cent extra in their pensions – depending on service - with the increases being backdated to 1 January 2016.a new £25m injection over the next decade for medical support for veterans living in Nepal. Minister for the Armed Forces Mark Lancaster, said: “This pension increase for Gurkha veterans, alongside long-term funding for healthcare“I have huge respect for the Gurkhas, who have been important to the British military for more than 200 years, and I hope will be for many years to come.

 

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