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Veteran confronts minister over PTSD scandal
Campaigner Gus Hales presented Tory Veterans’ Minister Tobias Ellwood with a dossier of PTSD charity Combat Stress's failures today
Campaigner and veteran Gus Hales meets with Tory Veterans’ Minister Tobias Ellwood at the Ministry of Defence today

TORY Veterans’ Minister Tobias Ellwood MP was confronted today with a dossier of failures about Britain’s leading charity for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Campaigner Gus Hales, 62, travelled to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) headquarters in London for a crunch meeting with Mr Ellwood about the controversial charity Combat Stress.

Mr Hales, who is the son of a Nuneaton coalminer, has compiled a litany of failings by Combat Stress since he was discharged by the charity without reason.

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