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Service record spat and Sunak’s D-Day blunder – but Johnny Mercer fights on for one last campaign

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Johnny Mercer to stand down at next election blaming abuse as he reveals voter’s horrific comment to daughter

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1 year, 9 months ago

Best luxury hotels in New York 2023: Four Seasons, Soho House and more

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1 year, 11 months ago

Rishi Sunak ‘duped by fake Falklands hero at veterans meeting’

The Independent

Rishi Sunak was “duped” by a fake Falklands war hero at a Downing Street meeting for veterans attended by fellow ministers, according to a report. After confronting him about whether he was actually a Falklands’ vet, the Walter Mitty Hunters Club said Mr Webber had told them: “I’m sorry that I stated I’d served in the Falklands as this is …

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2 years ago

War heroes say £8.5m government cash to 'end veteran homelessness' is a 'drop in the ocean'

Daily Mail

Furious military families forced to live in squalid homes with mouldy walls and leaky roofs have been offered as little as £1 in compensation. Pinnacle faces mounting questions over the scandal after it was given a £144 million contract in March to manage Britain's 49,000 service family homes but homes are still suffering from mould and damp Hundreds of troops …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Toowoomba soup kitchens face closure amid rising electricity, rent costs

ABC

When Vivian Ottwakate-Kaut fled from her partner with her two children in 2019, she had almost nowhere to turn. Key points: A Queensland city's largest soup kitchen is at risk of closing due to rising costs The service needs to raise more than $100,000 in three weeks to keep its doors open Other soup kitchens and charities say they are …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Anger as frail British Army veteran, 80, dies after catching Covid during trial

Daily Mail

Army veteran Dennis Hutchings, 80, died last night after catching Covid-19 midway through his controversial trial for a fatal Troubles shooting almost 50 years ago Desperate prosecutors tried to add a 64-year-old minor conviction as 'bad character' evidence against a British Army veteran as he lay dying of Covid in hospital - as his lawyer today said the ongoing case …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Defence minister ‘sacked’ by Boris Johnson in troops row

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5 years, 8 months ago

Johnny Mercer: Tory MP withdraws support for government over historical prosecution of servicemen

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Service record spat and Sunak’s D-Day blunder – but Johnny Mercer fights on for one last campaign

Johnny Mercer to stand down at next election blaming abuse as he reveals voter’s horrific comment to daughter

Best luxury hotels in New York 2023: Four Seasons, Soho House and more

Rishi Sunak ‘duped by fake Falklands hero at veterans meeting’

War heroes say £8.5m government cash to 'end veteran homelessness' is a 'drop in the ocean'

Toowoomba soup kitchens face closure amid rising electricity, rent costs

Anger as frail British Army veteran, 80, dies after catching Covid during trial

Defence minister ‘sacked’ by Boris Johnson in troops row

Johnny Mercer: Tory MP withdraws support for government over historical prosecution of servicemen