9/3/2026
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I inadvertently misled parliament over a British nuclear scandal. Now Iā€™m calling for justice | Tobias Ellwood

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I inadvertently misled parliament over a British nuclear scandal. Now Iā€™m calling for justice | Tobias Ellwood
Thousands of service personnel took part in dangerous cold war-era nuclear tests. The government owes them the truth ā€“ and compensationIn December 2018, as defence minister, I inadvertently misled parliament. Asked whether blood samples had been taken from service personnel for radiological monitoring during the nuclear bomb tests, I relayed the line provided to me by the Ministry of Defence: it was ā€œunable to locate any informationā€ suggesting blood samples had been taken for radiological monit
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