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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

LGBT veterans to receive £70,000 for historic mistreatment in armed forces

LGBT veterans will receive up to £70,000 each to acknowledge the historic wrongs they experienced in the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence is expected to announce on Thursday.

Defence secretary John Healey is also set to announce veterans will have their ranks restored and discharge reasons amended, according to a leaked memo. A ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual people serving in the armed forces was lifted in 2000, while transgender people were officially allowed to openly serve in 2014.

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