Soldiers' Families Denied Inquest Funds

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Soldiers' Families Denied Inquest Funds Money urgently needed to reduce the vast backlog of inquests into soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan has not been provided by the government, raising fresh fears that existing delays will grow longer.

Despite pledges to cut the time military families must wait for an inquest, the coroner with responsibility for the issue has still to receive extra cash months after ministers promised that it would be made available.

+ What is astounding in a rich society like ours is the failure to look after the young men coming home with brain injuries and terrible mutilations. Henry Porter


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