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A group of veterans impacted by a historical gay ban at College Green in London, ahead of a House of Commons debate by MPs on the next steps of making amends to LGBT veterans who faced historical mistreatment in the Armed Forces, December 12, 2024
VETERANS who suffered mistreatment in the armed forces under the “gay ban” will receive up to £70,000 each as part of a £75 million government scheme, it was announced today.
Defence Secretary John Healey described the historic wrongs faced by LGBT+ service personnel as a “moral stain on our nation,” ahead of applications for the financial redress programme opening on Friday.
The total amount available will be £75m, exceeding the cap of £50m recommended in an independent review by Lord Etherton.
MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes an engaging and nourishing account of the queer subculture that flourished in London between WWII and partial decriminalisation
The Defence Universities Alliance is a bit to co-opt higher education into the wider drive to war — we should resist as earlier generations of scientists did, argue say ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT of SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
As a proportion of GDP the total welfare bill is lower than it was 15 years ago. The claim that it is spiralling out of control is mythmaking, argues DIANE ABBOTT
