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Jordana Seal

Second World War veteran, 99, to travel 4,400 miles to UK over pension freeze

Anne Puckridge outside the Houses of Parliament in London (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Archive)

A 99-year-old Second World War veteran is travelling 4,400 miles, days before her 100th birthday, hoping to meet the Prime Minister to talk about a squeeze on pensions for Britons living abroad.

Anne Puckridge is among nearly half a million UK state pensioners whose pensions have been frozen at the level they were when they left the UK, rather than being uprated in line with payments for those who remain in Britain.

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