Overview

• More than 176,000 signatures prompted a rare petition debate in Westminster Hall over plans to repeal the 2023 Legacy Act
• Hundreds of former soldiers demonstrated in Parliament Square, warning that removing immunity could reopen prosecutions for Troubles-era service
• Reports indicate Veterans Minister Alistair Carns may resign after expressing he cannot back legislation that leaves veterans vulnerable to legal action
• Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn is consulting veterans commissioners, human rights advisers and local stakeholders to draft a rights-compliant replacement
• Repeal proposals target an act that froze 202 live investigations into soldiers’ killings and 23 veteran cases following court rulings of human rights breaches