Over 7,000 veterans of the Commonwealth who served in the British Armed Forces will receive two meals a day through UK aid, International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt has confirmed…
The programme will be delivered through the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League, a charity which has been supporting those veterans who served The British Crown for almost 100 years.
The new Department for International Development programme will provide regular cash transfers to Commonwealth veterans and their widows and widowers in more than 30 countries to prevent them from going hungry.
Secretary of State for International Development Penny Mordaunt said: “We owe a tremendous amount to these Commonwealth Veterans. The British public would be shocked to know that those who have served alongside our Armed Forces would be living in such poverty.
“It is absolutely right to make this commitment. I think the British public would approve of us pledging this support because of the sacrifices the Commonwealth Veterans have made and because of the debt of gratitude we owe to them.”
