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Farage to pardon convicted Troubles veterans under Reform government
Reform UK plans to legislate pardons and halt prosecutions of British veterans linked to the Troubles, citing over 3,500 deaths during the conflict, party leader Nigel Farage said.
- Reform UK has launched a veterans wing to campaign for former servicemen, with Nigel Farage saying the party will fight what it calls injustice against veterans.
- The 2023 Legacy Act was approved but not enacted, and the High Court in Belfast found parts incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights in 2024, prompting a dropped appeal by Labour ministers.
- More than 3,500 people died during the Troubles, with British forces linked to about 11 per cent of deaths and most of the 30 potential inquests and around 600 civil cases involving them.
- Reform UK argues it will 'draw a line' under unfair veteran treatment, while Conservative MPs have repeatedly opposed removing protections, with absences last Wednesday by Farage and Robert Jenrick drawing criticism; Mark Francois said Conservatives have long defended servicemen.
- A Reform UK policy document proposes a statutory bar to end and prevent proceedings against veterans, while earlier this month MPs voted on a Government remedial order removing immunity for those providing information to a truth-recovery body.
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Farage to pardon convicted Troubles veterans under Reform government
The party said military personnel had been ‘unfairly hounded’.
·London, United Kingdom
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Reform leader Nigel Farage declares 'no more Dennis Hutchings' as he promises immunity and pardons
Nigel Farage has said that there must be no more cases of UK soldiers being “hounded” like Dennis Hutchings, as he set out his party’s stall on veterans’ affairs.
·Portadown, United Kingdom
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