ARE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN SOLDIERS EXPLOITED?

The revelation has led to ­military chiefs being accused of treating soldiers in combat zones as second-class to civilian staff and service personnel with desk jobs.

The award is almost 30 times that given to a soldier with comparative wounds resulting from combat and nine times more than service personnel would get for losing a leg.

Yesterday it emerged it is not the only big claim handed out to backroom workers – as new figures revealed a civilian worker was paid more than £200,000 for a back strain caused by lifting a printer.

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