Topic: Anthony Duncan

Defence Secretary says MoD blundered on payout for troops

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 930 days ago
Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth today admitted that military chiefs blundered over legal action to cut compensation for injured troops.. Asked whether this had been a mistake, Mr Ainsworth told BBC radio: Families of injured soldiers welcomed Mr Ainsworth's announcement that a ...

Compensation review for injured soldiers brought forward

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 930 days ago
Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth today admitted that military chiefs blundered over legal action to cut compensation for injured troops.. Asked whether this had been a mistake, Mr Ainsworth told BBC radio: Families of injured soldiers welcomed Mr Ainsworth's announcement that a ...

Colonel attacks 'sloth' of MoD payment to injured soldiers

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 931 days ago
The number of applications for compensation has soared with the deployment of British troops to Iraq and Afghanistan. Colonel Bob Stewart, the British commander in Bosnia and now a Conservative parliamentary candidate, said the agency moves "at the speed of a striking ...