Heroic victory

FINALLY bowing to pressure from nuclear test veterans for a medal is a welcome climbdown by the Government.

But No10 should have handed them out decades ago before the Mirror championed the heroes’ campaign.

It’s a tragedy only 1,500 of the 22,000 men who took part in 600 blasts in Australia and the South Pacific between 1952 and 1957 are still alive to receive the Nuclear Test Medal, meaning the bulk will go to relatives.

If Rishi Sunak is as grateful to the heroes as he claims then perhaps he could also create a compensation fund for those who believe they and their families suffered from radiation.