the community NEED YOUR HELP
On September 21st 2023 at the All-Tests Reunion, the Nuclear Veteran Community launched a legal challenge to the Ministry of Defence to provide their full medical records, which they have been denied access to over many years. Many veterans, widows and descendants have been denied access to their records or received partial records. Together with McCue Jury and Partners this action will ensure that the Ministry of Defence provides the information that these families deserve.
please support and share the funding page
Please share this message via email or messenger to everyone you know. The community raised over £50,000and have now issued a letter before action to the Ministry of Defence. Even a small donation would help the community reach our goal. Thank you in advance for your support, and again, please share the crowdfunder on social media and to your friends, family, and email contacts.
Dear X,
This week I/my grandad/uncle/whoever joined other nuclear test veterans and their families in launching a legal case to sue the Ministry of Defence to obtain our missing medical records. The fact that these records have been withheld from us, affecting our health and happiness, for so long has been a source of severe suffering for decades, and enough is enough. It is time for the truth.
The only way to force the MoD to be honest with us is a High Court case, which will cost an estimated £100,000. We have all donated what we can afford, and now I'm asking you to do the same: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/nuclear-veterans-case/
Please send the link on to at least another 10 people to help our cause. This is not just about veterans and their families - this is about making sure our government treats us all with respect and honesty, that cover-ups stop and the truth always comes out. It affects us all equally, just as the work the veterans did in the 1950s and 1960s has protected us all equally ever since. With your help, we can bring this ordeal to an end.
In November 2022, the Mirror reported for the first time how blood tests were taken from nuclear test veterans on the orders of Whitehall mandarins, and the results were being withheld from them and their families.
Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry said it was "almost certainly a crime" and Manchester mayor Andy Burnham called it "a criminal cover-up on an industrial scale".
Now the Mirror has updated their investigation with further shocking evidence. It includes more than 200 pages of archive documents which you can read here, Parliament and MPs being given alternative versions of the truth, and cloud samplers who have found all health data from their time at the nuclear tests are entirely missing - while the rest of their medical records are complete.
The Mirror has demanded the Prime Minister act now to open the blood files to the nuclear community, and reveal where the missing records have gone, and who ordered their removal. You can see the evidence for yourself, we have made it available on this page to download.
sign up to the legal action
You can sign up to the legal action by sending your name, address, email address and contact number to media@labrats.international. Join the veterans and their families who signed up for the action on the 21st of September 2023.
labour party conference 2023
LABRATS were invited to attend a panel at the Labour Party Conference at a fringe event hosted by the Daily Mirror to promote the blood scandal. We were happy to attend and share our stories to the conference delegates. Angela Raynor MP, Rebecca Long-Bailey MP and Rachel Hopkins MP all spoke at the event with Angela committing to implementing assistance for Nuclear Veterans if they are elected.
march 19th 2024 - letter before action issued to ministry of defence
On March 19th 2024, two veterans and descendants handed a petition into Number 10 Downing Street and issued a letter before action to the Ministry of Defence. Starting our legal action process. The Ministry of Defence now have 21 days to respond.
press release
july 18th 2024 - rebecca long-bailey MP calls upon the new uk government
10th February 2025 - al Carns announces review of medical records held
mccue jury & partners issue update in atom magazine - february 2025
JOHN HEALEY- DEFENCE SECRETARY IN 2022 & 2025
2022, as Shadow Defence Secretary, John Healey said what the UK has done to nuke veterans "shames us as a country, and we have to fix it." He added: "There is no good reason, no good moral reason, no good military reason, for withholding the recognition and compensation that other countries have."
2025, now he's Defence Secretary: No fix, recognition or compensation in sight.
campaign for social justice - peter stefanovic - may 2025
Peter Stefanovic from The Campaign for Social Justice is championing our cause. This video
has received 1 million views on X. Yet still silence from Keir Starmer, Angela Raynor and
John Healey.
mccue jury and partners update - may 2025
MCCue Jury & Partners issue an update on the legal case. They are continuing to fight for the release of Veterans’ missing medical records, while the Ministry of Defence (MOD) continues its pattern of denial and delay.
bbc NEWSNIGHT - JUNE 2025
John Morris, Brian Unthank, Steve Purse, Susie Boniface and Andy Burnham appeared on a BBC Newsnight special.
luke pollard interview - june 2025
Luke Pollard interviewed after the Newsnight program following Rebecca Long-Bailey MP and Cameron Thomas MP questions at PMQs.
campaign for social justice - peter stefanovic - 28TH JUNE 2025
The video has received 3 million views on X. Yet still silence from Keir Starmer, Angela Raynor, and
John Healey.
GB News - 3rd july 2025
Brian Unthank, Malcolm Smith and Alan Owen appeared live on GB News. pre-recorded interview by Jack Carson with Dennis Hayden, Captain Terry Hughes and Susan Musselwhite.
fringe event - 30th sept 2025
We held a Fringe Event at the Labour Party Conference. Organised by Susie Boniface and The Mirror. Susie, Steve Purse, Andy Burnham, and Alan Owen discussed the continued campaign for truth and justice. It was a silent seminar, which was recorded. Grab a cup of tea or a glass of wine and listen to the event.
letters received - 2nd july 2026
Following 6 months of negotiation, the missing medical records report is still not published. Letters from the Veterans Minister and the Secretary of State for Defence promise action, but still no action.
