Hi folks,

I hope you are managing to stay safe and well.

I just want to assure you that the work of the legal team (appointed by the National Association of Retired Police Officers and the Police Federation of England and Wales) continues, and to remind everyone of NARPO’s update from May:

CEO Steve Edwards provided the following update with regard to the proposed court proceedings concerning our Police Widows' Pension for Life Campaign.

“Despite the current lockdown we continue to liaise and work with our legal team to progress this matter through the Courts. We sent an initial letter of claim to The Home Secretary and her legal team responded outlining that they would defend the claim. Following that response, we met with our legal team and Tiffany Lynch from the Police Federation, who are joined with us in the claim, to discuss our next steps. Despite the current national emergency our legal team are still working hard in the background obtaining witness statements, gathering supporting evidence and preparing the claim, with a view to issuing proceedings at Court sometime later this year, hopefully after this outbreak is over. Unless we see a change in attitude from Government, we anticipate that the case will be put before a judge in the autumn with a trial sometime in the summer next year.”

I would like to thank everyone that has sent information from day one of our campaign; your input has been crucial to my ability to respond to questions in an informed manner.

Can I ask you all to recruit at least another signatory to our petition; signatures get removed periodically if they are considered invalid by the website’s system;  as I understand it - this can include more than one signature from a single  device.

You are all constantly in my thoughts as these difficult times continue.

Best wishes as always,

Cathryn

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CathrynHall11@gmail.com