A £34 million Government Investigation into allegations of abuse of iraqi civilians by british troops is to be shut down. It follows a scathing report by mps which called the work of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team an unmitigated failure. Thousands of cases have been investigated but without a single prosecution. 90 of investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan are also being dropped. Our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley has the story. It is almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq in the aftermath of the occupation, thousands of allegations of abuse were made against british soldiers. And a special team called ihat was set up to investigate them. The human rights lawyer phil shiner brought most of the claims but last week he was struck off after he had been found to be dishonest and to have paid agents to drum up business. Now the Ministry Of Defence is wrapping up the investigation early. This will be a huge relief to hundreds of british troops who ha
A £34 million Government Investigation into allegations of abuse of iraqi civilians by british troops is to be shut down. It follows a scathing report by mps which called the work of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team an unmitigated failure. Thousands of cases have been investigated but without a single prosecution. 90 of investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan are also being dropped. Our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley has the story. It is almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq in the aftermath of the occupation, thousands of allegations of abuse were made against british soldiers. And a special team called ihat was set up to investigate them. The human rights lawyer phil shiner brought most of the claims but last week he was struck off after he had been found to be dishonest and to have paid agents to drum up business. Now the Ministry Of Defence is wrapping up the investigation early. This will be a huge relief to hundreds of british troops who ha
A £34 million Government Investigation into allegations of abuse of iraqi civilians by british troops is to be shut down. It follows a scathing report by mps which called the work of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team an unmitigated failure. Thousands of cases have been investigated but without a single prosecution. 90 of investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan are also being dropped. Our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley has the story. It is almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq in the aftermath of the occupation, thousands of allegations of abuse were made against british soldiers. And a special team called ihat was set up to investigate them. The human rights lawyer phil shiner brought most of the claims but last week he was struck off after he had been found to be dishonest and to have paid agents to drum up business. Now the Ministry Of Defence is wrapping up the investigation early. This will be a huge relief to hundreds of british troops who ha
A £34 million Government Investigation into allegations of abuse of iraqi civilians by british troops is to be shut down. It follows a scathing report by mps which called the work of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team an unmitigated failure. Thousands of cases have been investigated but without a single prosecution. 90 of investigations into abuse allegations from afghanistan are also being dropped. Our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley has the story. It is almost 14 years since british troops invaded iraq in the aftermath of the occupation, thousands of allegations of abuse were made against british soldiers. And a special team called ihat was set up to investigate them. The human rights lawyer phil shiner brought most of the claims but last week he was struck off after he had been found to be dishonest and to have paid agents to drum up business. Now the Ministry Of Defence is wrapping up the investigation early. This will be a huge relief to hundreds of british troops who ha
Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, says its completely unacceptable that some patients are waiting up to 13 hours in a e. In an Exclusive Bbc interview, he paid tribute to the hard work of staff, but said the problems of high demand were not unique to the nhs in england. Our Health Editor hugh pym has more. Nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a e units since records began more than a decade ago. Jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said that the problems of high Patient Demand were not unique to the nhs and all leading Health Systems were grappling with the same challenge. He said there was no Silver Bullet. I think its wrong to suggest to people that these profound challenges such as we