Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said the UK prime minister’s insistence that he will block compensation to him and other Troubles internees should come as “no surprise”.
Mr Adams also warned of the need for “caution” and called for more detail to be provided by the UK government in how it intends to change elements of the controversial Legacy Act relating to internees.
On Wednesday, Keir Starmer responded to criticism about his government’s proposed repeal of the legislation, part of which blocked any future payments to hundreds of internees wrongfully imprisoned without trial during the 1970s.
Reacting to Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch’s claim that…