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News: Lib Dem MPs call for Government to provide greater support for armed forces veterans

2.17.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Wed 22nd Apr 2009

In a debate secured by Roger Williams on armed forces veterans, Liberal Democrat MPs questioned the Government on its poor record for providing support to veterans and called for more to be done to help them make the transition from life in the armed forces back into society.

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