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Disabled veterans' payouts doubled

The Ministry of Defence yesterday announced the doubling of lump-sum payments for permanently disabled veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq to £570,000, but capped the maximum amount at that figure and backdated it by only three years.

The Ministry of Defence yesterday announced the doubling of lump-sum payments for permanently disabled veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq to £570,000, but capped the maximum amount at that figure and backdated it by only three years.