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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Will Durrant

Do not let LGBT veterans scheme to ‘become damaged’, 45 MPs urge Healey

A payment scheme for LGBT veterans has been set up (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Defence Secretary cannot let a payment scheme for LGBT veterans “become damaged”, 45 MPs have said, amid fears some claimants have “struggled immensely” to receive their money.

In a letter to John Healey, the cross-party MPs warned that some veterans facing financial crisis are “suffering from severe mental health issues” without support “from the outset”.

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