BORIS Johnson has raised hopes that nuclear test veterans will be given medals after promising them “the recognition they deserve”.
He is now expected to overrule the medal committee and honour survivors of tests which exposed 22,000 men to “serious biological risks” of radiation.
It is a victory for the Mirror campaign, which has revealed how veterans suffered high rates of cancer and blood disorders, their wives had three times the normal number of miscarriages, and 20% of their children had birth defects.
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