The Government is under pressure over plans to give political asylum to Afghan interpreters amid claims of an overly "bureaucratic" approach. Former shadow home secretary David Davis has urged ministers to honour their "debt" to interpreters, after it emerged only those who lose their jobs as a result of the UK withdrawal w...
The Government is prepared to grant Afghan interpreters who have worked with British ...
British troops in Afghanistan will have their tour of duty extended to nine months st...
Afghan translators working with British troops fear they will be hunted down and kill...
David Cameron this morning acknowledged Britain had “paid a very high price” for its ...
Lord Dannatt said Britain had an “overriding moral obligation” to Afghan interpreters to look favourably on their attempts to settle in the UK. “Yes, I know there...
David Davis MP press release Following today’s announcement that the Government has agreed to offer asylum to the Afghan interpreters who have worked with the Bri...
Labour party press release Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, responding to reports that some Afghan interpreters may be allowed to settle in Brita...
Jim Murphy MP, Labour's Shadow Defence Secretary, said in the House of Commons today in response to the statement on Army tours in Afghanistan: "It is essential t...
The troop rotation arrangements outlining the tour lengths for deployed UK personnel between now and the end of UK combat operations in 2014 have been announced to P...
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