AS an extension to my previous comment I believe the powers that be are to allow the family till JAN 2 to stay in the house ( NOW THERES A TOUCH OF CHRISTMAS SPIRIT) also I believe that Mr tarry must take some of the blame himself because he chose to fight for Queen and Country when at the time he enlisted it was the right thing to do, In actual fact he would have been better off to have hi-jacked a plane and threatend the pilot and staff with violence and then ( BINGO) he would have been entitled to a house for himself and his family also he would not have had wait three years because himself and his dependants would have been entitled to benefits straight away and possible in perpetuaty

c.beeton, nottingham, ENGLAND

P Taylor whatever mistakes this man may have made in the past they are not relevant here. Neither are you here to morally judge him.
A lot of young people have kids at a young age unfortunately.
Do we condemn them for life because of it?
Do you want the kids to be homeless
have some compassion

arthur, sidcup, UK

Do not try to make this party politics. I am sure that the soldiers injured in the Thatcher's little war in the Falklands had to struggle to get their rights as well. Also their dependents too, probably still are in fact.
It is all a matter of priorities.

arthur, sidcup, UK

All these relevant opinions should be printed out and displayed in CAREERS OFFICES and also given out as personal information to all the young people who consider joining up to fight for there country and immigrants.

c.beeton, nottingham, ENGLAND

That's a bit strong Robert! Though it is difficult to ignore the resemblance between British society and a colony of bees. They all know their place in the scheme of things there - and heaven forbid that they should forget, or ignore which side of the tracks they were born on. (Can you believe London has two separate accents, so everyone knows his place?)

Peculiar, tribal creatures. And like bees, they're so busy fattening their Queen, they have no concern for the welfare of the drones.

LizzyS, Melbourne, Australia

Robert - about New Zealand ....

Robyn, Melbourne, Australia

What is wrong with this country? We give council houses to immigrants and people that can work but refuse not too yet we are unable to support a young man that has been injured whilst fighting for this country. We pay low wages for women and men who are fighting for this country yet we seen to pay individuals who seem to find any excuse in the book not to work enough money to sit at home all day!

Vicky, Hampshire, uk

This treatment of injured soldiers just proves what centuries of in breeding on such a small island with in-sufficient genetic variation can do to a race.

Robert Hall, Auckland, New Zealand

.....But dont worry.......This Labor Government will make sure to give homes out to any illegal immigrant coming over for benefits.

MS, Tonbridge, Kent

well, we see what this government thinks of our soldiers. I believe this man should get an official apology, compensation for the anguish obviously caused by such a letter, and not only receive his initial compensation immediately but with the three years' interest due to him - however, the likelihood of this happening is zero - i know myself that when the government owes a citizen money, there is no question of receiving interest or compensation for losses incurred due to late payment. Although the disrespect this government shows to our soldiers is on a much greater scale than that it shows to citizens generally, we should all be aware that this government will do anything it can get away with and does not value us one jot apart from the money we make for them.

Marco, bhm, uk

this country (and others I expect) has always treated its returning soldiers with neglect and contempt I'm afraid. The Vagrants Act was enacted after the Napoleonic war to get rid of all the limbless beggars on London streets who had been serving their country a few short years before. It is disgusting that these often very young people are in effect taken advantage of and encouraged to go to war and then when things go wrong the rug is pulled from under their feet.

jennyhawley, ipswich, uk

Since this article a No 10 Petition has been set up to petition the Prime Minister to ensure ALL our Troops are treated with the respect they deserve.

A reminder that the general public care about the troops can only be good, especially during November, the remembrance month.

It can be signed here.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/MilitaryCare/

A Bearsley, Carmarthen,

Although I am sorry for this man I cant help but notice that he is 35 and his eldest son is now 18!
This means that he had his first child when he was 16 years old. Which for a guy with a very low paid job is scandalous.

The armed forces have an important role to play in guarding us from invasions. I never accepted that Saddam Hussain was planning a Uk invasion so the Blair spin was just a load of bull in order to persuade the gullible public to sign up for this reckless adventurel

He is another victim of stupid politics which sadly most of the subscribers seem to agree with

When will you ever learn

P. Taylor, London, UK

18 years and a month to leave shocking should be given at least 6 months notice and or given the option of buying the property if it is not on an actual Army base

Jacqui hunter, plymouth, DEVON

That SUCKS !!!!!!!!

BuzzBaby2, Houston, Texas

I'm saddened to see that vets in the UK are treated almost as badly as those in the US.

Ellen, Dallas, TX, USA

Sit there, wait to be evicted and then see what the Press and public have to say? Nothing?

Richard, Plymouth,

What is happening to this country? Our service personnel need the support now more than ever. The overseas tours for most regiments are coming around with ever more frequency and these tours are the type where the guys and girls are putting their necks on the line. As a former soldier myself, I have to say that I could see the first of these problems after the first gulf conflict with the MoD response to gulf war syndrome.
"Thanks for your service, now get out of our hair!!"

Steve, Wiltshire, UK

I would imagine that with this kind of betrayal being very evident, that no ammount of recruiting adverts showing the army as a career and not a death sentence in a far off place on behalf of treasonous politicians will swell the ranks. How far is conscription away?, and will the youth of today be as naive and trusting in their masters as those brave young men of yesteryear?, who ironically believed they were fighting and dying to keep Britain a safe, free country or will they tell Mr Bliar and Mr Brooon to sod off?

bilko, aldershot, EUSSR

Its one thing to have a shattered leg, but why haven't these men found other jobs? Granted they should receive government compensation for their injuries, but they can't just fold up and expect all their bills to be paid forever. And a bipolar disorder? Does that really prevent him from working?

People need to work even after being heroes. Thank them for their service, but mental stress is not enough of a reason to be on the dole.

Ed, Boston, MA , USA

I'm sorry this is disgusting. Whether you are for the war or not these soldiers derserve TOP priority when it comes to goverment welfare for what they do - it wasn't their choice to go or not go.

This goverment sickens me. I hope we all show them how we feel about this come election time. How dare they go to war if they cannot even keep promises of care to their own soldiers?

Does anybody know of a number or email address I can use to make a formal complaint about this? We should make sure the people governing know just how the voters feel about this.

Edwin Jones, Lingfield,

The BIG problem is, a SCOT, Blair, got us into this war, A SCOT Brown is our new Prime(?) Minister, most of the government over the last ten years has been Scottish. So you must understand, the money must firstly be given to Scotland. If anything is left England and our soliers can have some.Get rid of the Scots, have an English parliament, we the English can then treat our soldiers correctly and how they deserve to be treated! It`s the SCOTS(the defence minister, Browne, is of course a SCOT) who treat our soldiers badly. But every one in Scotland gets better treatment than we in England do.

Raymond Groutage, Ringwood,, Hampshire, ENGLAND.

Do not blame the Ministry of Defence - it is all Saddam´s fault. If he had resigned or left, we would not have had to send the Army and then soldiers would not have got killed or injured. Argument a la David Aaronovitch.

Michael O´Leary, Dublin, Ireland

This makes me so angry and so ashamed to admit I am British. The soldiers fight for their country and are kicked in the teeth for it.
The Socialists, who hate the armed forces and what they represent, must be delighted.
I still find it amazng that many Americans think Tony Blair was and is 'a good guy'.

Riley, Kyiv, Ukraine

The Labour Party have an inherent dislike of the Armed forces no matter how much Blair and Brown posture.
The MOD seems to be stuffed ful of left wingers whose sole object in life is to make things as difficult as possible for our Troops.
This man and his family should be allowed to stay in the accommodation for as long as it takes for the MOD to settle his compensation which will be a fraction that the typist received from the RAF for her repetetive strain injury (£400.000.00).
This government makes me sick the way it treats these young men whom they happily sent to War but now refuse to support.

Charles nunn, Upton., Wirral. Cheshire.

The government of this country should be ashamed of itself. They all hail the heroes on the way out, but do sod all for them when they come back. It is a total disgrace. Mr Blair's time would be much better spent sorting this lot out rather than swanning around the world doing what exactly?
Next time a politician goes to a theatre of operation, stick a flack jacket on them (that's if we've got one to spare) and send them where you may get hurt. Maybe that will change the view regarding what our armed forces put up with.
Who are these bureacrats that mess with peoples lives like this? Get shot of them all for God sake.

pup, Halesowen, England

Why doesn't his wife have a job? If she's not already working she should be. Her husband is disabled and unable to earn and the family could be homeless as a result, so it's her duty to go out and earn money to keep the family going. At least then the family could afford to rent privately for a while until the compensation comes through.

MB, Edinburgh,

if you're stupid enough to join any armed forces then you deserve what you get bearing in mind that you WILL be sent to the goverment illegal wars. those brave soldiers should take out private insurance for peace of mind incase they get injured or lose a limb or worse their life afterall it is a war zone they're going to not a playground with bouncy castles or a playstation play area. once you're hit the goverment cease to care for you.

rosemary....slap the young man of 21 and make him consider something else more rewarding than becoming a killer or worse get killed.

tad, scotland,

What do you expect from the army, you'll be lucky if they even give you a water pistol to fight with let alone compensation or housing if you are medically discharged. The MOD just treat these soldiers as a commodity, once they have expired they just throw them in the tip. It happens all over the world.

bob, essex,

Rifle, lorry, ration pack, soldier. Nobody in the MoD knows, or cares about, the difference. Therefore the treatment meeted out to one of the disposable items is much the same. Unfortunately this particular predicament has arisen before and will carry on because nobody in the government gives a damn.

David Leslie, Perth, Scotland

absolutely outrageous... thrown out by for doing what is asked of them by a government who asked these guys to go fight a war under a pack of lies. put your life on the line for what?
we need our own regime change...

chris, Sittingbourne,

I suppose, having been wounded, he is no use to the Army/Government any more. Is this what they call cannon fodder?

Neil, Gloucestershire, England

This report makes me ashamed to be British! We ask these young men and women to fight for our country on low wages and then wash our hands of them when they get injured. Even more disgusting is the hypocrisy of our political leaders who heap praise on our troops with one breath and then deny the armed services proper funding to look after those who are injured. Shame on them.

Andrew brown, derby, uk

A stinging indictment if you get injured in the Army. Ex R.Signals.

Paul, Bradford,

I think we should recall Tony Blair from his self styled "peace-envoy" role in the middle-east and ask him, no - tell him, no: ORDER him to work night and day to sort out this kind of mess.

After he, personally, misled the country to war in Iraq and after he boasted in Parlaiment a few days after troops entered Bagdad, that this was not HIS Vietnam, the least he can do is stay in the country and help those soldiers for whom it was THEIR Vietnam.

James, London, UK

The letter was a mistake - he does not have to leave until the day after New Years Day! That makes it much better doesn't it!

The MPs state that their allowances are all earned, but they are still paid by the state. If there is not enough money then choices have to be made. Injured servicemen or stationery for MPs - Difficult decision.

Jonathan Mills, Brighton,

He is being evicted in 30 days time by the MOD, now why aren't I surprised. But to make matters worse will he be shortlisted to get a council house/housing association property. NO HE WON'T. Because, he isn't a refugee, he isn't one of the minority groups and he has fought for his country in an unpopular war.

This is discraceful and dispicable, however will anything get done about this appalling treatment to any/all of our members of the Armed Forces. No it won't because politicians and local councils look at HMF as second class chav citizens.

Maybe we shouldn't be looking at a coup in Pakistan.

Mike Ex-R/Signals

Mike, MK,

If the Government wants people to join the armed forces, they should ensure that they treat people well when their service results in their injury.
Promises are fine, but they need to be backed up by deeds.

Paul Hannah, Brisbane, Australia

It's shocking to me how many people claim to "support the troops" but when it comes to any sort of material assistance it's all about cutting costs and filling out paperwork. This man deserves every cent that's owed to him.

Now, that being said, in terms of avoiding homelessness there's still an option that's open. Mom can work and the oldest child is 18, they can move out on their own or work as well. It's far from an ideal situation, but it's also far from hopeless.

Jordan, Portland, USA / Oregon

God, this makes me so angry - we ask so much from our servicemen and give them so little in return, and that is not the fault of the ordinary person, most of whom admire our men. The fault lies at the top of our society, from the greedy MP s downward through the MOD and even to local councils which should give ultimate priority to our wounded men, but don't.
Every one of our soldiers are worth 10 of the inadequates who should be looking after them, perhaps the newspapers could name and shame these so-called civil 'servants' for that is what they deserve.

MP, Nth Lincs, England

Im in america and im a viet nam vet and i had to argue with an emergency room dr in the va system for a $20 bottle of meds to stop pain the other day-the money they waste in this country its bizzar that they cant help their war vets and be a little more human

j.p. romansic, lucernemines, usa--pennsylvania

The MOD should be helping these ex soldiers, not placing them in these appalling predicaments. Ex REME

Anthony Ellingham, Nottingham, UK

I'm so glad my grandson decided to pack it in after seeving 5 years. I myself served 26 years. Luckily I never fired a shot in anger. but I would hate to be in the same state as Carl, because we were led to believe that the army wouldn't see let to rot. I'm discussed.

CHRIS POWELL, YORK, N.YORKS

Shocking

andy Croy, BARBADOS,

what advice wou you give to a young man of 21 thinking of joing the army?

Rosemary Price , Cardiff, UK