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Burnham and the nuclear test veterans

If Andy Burnham becomes prime minister, what will he do to help the thousands of British servicemen who suffered lifelong health impacts as a result of witnessing atomic bomb tests 1952-1965?

Seventy years ago, thousands of British servicemen witnessed atomic bomb tests as part of the UK's nuclear programme. They say they have suffered serious lifelong health impacts as a result, and last year Andy Burnham told Newsnight that they had been victims of 'an unacceptable cover-up'. If he now becomes prime minister, what will he do to help the nuclear veterans?

With Victoria Derbyshire.

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