Exclusive: Outcry as government says cost ‘too great’ and former veterans minister Johnny Mercer calls for U-turn
Plans to give serving military personnel free train travel to attend remembrance services this year have been scrapped, after the government decided the cost would be “too great”.
The offer was made last year and in 2019, but has been revoked for this November – sparking an outcry and calls for a U-turn from former veterans minister Johnny Mercer.
