War widows' pension fight backed by Lords 'Are No 10 waiting for them to die?' | UK | News
The WWA campaign – backed by the Daily Express – wants justice for the women who were stripped of their pension when they remarried. In 2015 David Cameron changed the law so the pension was for life – but failed to backdate it, so 300 widows were excluded. Around 100 have since died. In a ridiculous anomaly the surviving women could be eligible for up to £7,500 a year if they divorce their partner and marry them again. Baroness Crawley – a vice-president of the WWA – tabled a question on the scandal in the House of Lords. Defence minister Baroness Goldie replied they were “explor...