British military given emergency £438million for wounded troops after printing ‘mistake’

‘A blunder at the Treasury has forced the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to ask for an extra £438 million ($541 million) from emergency funds to cover payments to a compensation scheme for wounded troops.
The error was exposed on Tuesday when Mark Lancaster, MoD parliamentary under-secretary, admitted an “inadvertent publishing error” had been made in a statement to the House of Commons.
The MoD conceded the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme – which pays wounded and retired soldiers – was short by a massive sum.’
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