MoD contests injured soldiers' payouts

Labour Government seeks to overturn ruling that two servicemen who suffered complications should have compensation increased.
The government is attempting to deny injured soldiers full compensation for their health problems, it emerged today.
The Ministry of Defence will go to the court of appeal on Tuesday to try to overturn a ruling that two injured servicemen who suffered complications should have their compensation increased.
The MoD is arguing that the pair should be compensated only for the initial injuries and not subsequent health problems, the Sunday Times reports. The appeal follows the ruling of three judges that the injuries should not be treated as being separate from subsequent treatment.
British troops are suffering their heaviest casualties since the beginning of the conflict in Afghanistan in 2001. A soldier from the 40th Regiment Royal Artillery was killed in an explosion in Lashkar Gah in Helmand province yesterday, the 20th to die this month, bringing the total number of British casualties to 189.
Remember Labour done the same to the miners compensation.