I refer to the letter by Kurt Farrugia, the Labour Party’s director of communications (Labour Supported Cause Of Former Servicemen, December 17).

All pensioners are very happy and satisfied with the European Commission’s position regarding British Services pensioners.

For the last 30 years, pensioner associations and the pensioners themselves have always insisted that the abatement of a service pension (any service pension) from the two-thirds pension entitlement was a huge injustice to all pensioners who are entitled to a service pension from any source.

However, it has to be pointed out that the amendments to the Social Security Act in 1997 were not only unjust but also discriminatory to thousands of pensioners who were not entitled to a service pension from the British Services.

The measure created a division between two categories of pensioners, that is, those who have a service pension from the British Services and the others who are entitled to a service pension from other employers.

Since 2007, the present Administration took action to address and rectify this injustice although at a very slow pace.

In the circumstances, as a pensioner of the second category, it is expected that the Labour Party, which “supported the cause of former servicemen”, will show the same enthusiasm towards the thousands of other pensioners who are still experiencing this uncalled for injustice. All pensioners should be treated equally in terms of law.