Conservatives don't recognize Cold War heroes in 'insult' medical coverage

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been accused of covering up Armistice Day after failing to recognize Cold War heroes whose medical records were hidden by the Ministry of Defense in a 70-year-old hideout

Sir Keir Starmer has said the Conservatives' failure to recognize Cold War heroes is an "insult" (

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Rishi Sunak has been accused of facing Armistice Day for refusing to comment on a 70-year-old cover-up of nuclear veterans' medical records.

Labour's Keir Starmer said the Conservatives' failure to recognize Cold War heroes was an 'insult'.

Urging the Prime Minister to act, he said: "These serious revelations demand an immediate investigation."

Yesterday the Mirror revealed that troops had taken blood and urine during tests in 1952, but the MoD hid the results in a secret archive.

Mr. Starmer said his party would give them a medal.

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Nuclear test veterans, widows and children with support from MPs and comedian AL Murray (

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Ex-sapper Ken McGinley, 84, of Johnstone, Glasgow, said he had no access to his files.

He fell ill on Christmas Island and has stage four cancer, adding that his records were withheld on the grounds that "revealing them could harm my mental health".

No10 said any suggestion that Mr Sunak disrespected veterans was "categorically false".

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