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Thanks to the Daily Star we see Ken Clarke and ConDem in all their penny pinching glory, scrapping the idea of a Chief Coroner to look out for the interests of families who have lost relatives who were serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Both those who have lost loved ones, and the Royal British Legion, have hit out at ConDems move, which appears to be motivated solely by money - the reported cost is £10million although critics say that this is inflated.

Scrapped as part of the so called 'bonfire of the quangos', instead the Ministry of Justice is apprently going to offer some kind of national charter setting out standards which families can expect. No doubt the traditional, "we will aim to", "we will try to" and so on, meaningless and worthless.

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Of course, our brave soldiers, and their families who are left bereaved when they make the ultimate sacrifice in service of our nation, aren't worth a measly £10 million. You've got to be offended by jungle drums, or refused a hotel room with your gay partner, to qualify for much these days.

Or, failing that, be in a 'developing' country. There's sure be a pot of money available then, it's probably a good bet we finance war widows advocacy groups somewhere in the world. Just not here in the UK, there's no money for that.

We shouldn't be involved in these wars to begin with, but now that we are then the least we can do is make sure that the widows of those who give their lives are spared as much of an additional ordeal as possible.

Caring ConDem - sticking two fingers up to those in Britain who should really matter.