This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Welfare reform for service personnel and their families
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Lucy Aldridge lost her 18yr old son to a double IED in Afghanistan which killed 5 members of his patrol. If you had witnessed the repatriation of the men of 2 Rifles at Wooten Bassett you would agree to have been deeply moved.
She has now embarked on a hunger protest to force the government to review the legislation for service personnel and the families of deceased sevicemen/servicewomen killed on operations.
At present, it is a 2 tier system but Lucy wants it changed to a single, level playing field, in line with the Armed Forces Covenant that the government has pledged to uphold.
This petition needs to be debated in the commons, there is already a Facebook and media campaign running but you can appreciate that time is of the essence before the health of Ms. Aldridge is put in danger.
Here is the Facebook campaign:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/SupportLucyAldridgeMotherOfAFallenHero
And here is her story:
http://forcesdefender.tumblr.com/
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