Gurkhas lose pension case

Pension rights were amended in 1997 to give Gurkhas equal pension rights with their UK counterparts. However, those Gurkhas who retired prior to 1 July 1997 are only entitled to a third of the income of UK-based veterans. Their pension scheme paid substantially lower benefits based on the cost of living in Nepal; the homeland to which veterans traditionally retired. But in May last year those Gurkha veterans who retired before 1997 with at least four years' service won the right to settle in the UK, along with their spouses and any dependents under the age of 18. Lawyers for the v...