Angry pensioners campaign at Eastleigh by-election

The election, to be held on 28 February, was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Democrat MP and former energy secretary Chris Huhne after he admitted perverting the course of justice over a speeding offence in 2003. The result of the election has been touted as a litmus test of the public's opinion of the coalition's performance so far. The International Consortium of British Pensioners, which campaigns for the state benefits of expatriate pensioners to be uprated in line with inflation, began a series of protests in 80 marginal constituencies today in Eastleigh. The ICBP said...