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MPs join pensioner protesters outside Downing Street


22nd November 2007

Mike Penning joined SW Herts MP, David Gauke, and Dexion pensioners in a protest campaiging for compensation for the loss of their occupational pensions.

Hertfordshire MPs Mike Penning and David Gauke joined pensioner protesters outside Downing Street on Tuesday. The protesters, some of the 125,000 people who have lost their occupational pensions, are campaigning for compensation from the Government. Many of the protesters, such as Peter Humphries from Hemel Hempstead and Dave Allen from Northchurch worked at Hemel employer, Dexion.

Speaking after the event, Mike said:
"It is a terrible tragedy that hardworking and honest people are treated in this way. The Government was presented with a workable solution to the problem but wouldn't listen."

Photo: Mike Penning and David Gauke MP join pensioner protesters outside Downing Street.



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