Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 22 April 2021

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1. Mercer slams ‘cesspit’ government

The former veterans’ minister Johnny Mercer has described Boris Johnson’s government as a “cesspit” and “the most distrustful, awful environment I’ve ever worked in”. Mercer, who resigned on Tuesday, accused ministers of being “cowards” for not implementing a controversial pledge to end “vexatious historical investigations” of veterans who served in Northern Ireland. He added that “almost nobody tells the truth” in the government and that failure to protect former members of the armed services was a “gross betrayal of people who signed up to serve in the military”.

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