Campaigners are calling for Treasury to write off £5.1million overpayments for veterans like Thomas Meadows (pictured) who has been ordered to pay back £18,200.

More than 1,400 British military veterans have been ordered to repay tens of thousands of pounds by the Ministry of Defence after the department overpaid their pensions.

Campaigners are calling for Treasury to write off £5.1million overpayments for veterans like Thomas Meadows (pictured) who has been ordered to pay back £18,200.