Minister says full investigation into the matter would require ‘extensive resources’The government has quietly ruled out compensating black African veterans of the second world war who were paid a third as much as their white counterparts.Following months of silence since the Guardian and Al Jazeera first revealed the discriminatory policy, the defence minister Tobias Ellwood has privately told MPs there are “no current plans to take forward any further investigations of this matter”. Continue reading…
Via: African war veterans paid less than white peers will not get UK payout

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