Calls for Burnham to deliver justice for veterans on International Day against Nuclear Testing

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Campaigners have joined forces with veterans organisations to call on the Prime Minister Andy Burnham to deliver justice for nuclear test veterans, on the UN’s International Day against Nuclear Testing (29 August). In a statement marking the 2026 observation of the International Day against Nuclear Testing, UN secretary-general António Guterres said:  This day reminds us of the devastating consequences of nuclear testing – lessons humanity has learned through bitter experience. It is a time to reflect on the victims and survivors of nuclear testing, whose lives, lands and descendants have been scarred by nuclear explosions. Their suffering is not history. It…

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