SAS Veterans Forced to Rely on Foodbanks

Following reports that increasing numbers of ex-service personnel are forced to rely on foodbanks - SNP candidate Dr Eilidh Whitford has condemned the Tory government’s failed austerity agenda.

A former Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders private told today’s (Monday) Daily Record that he was struggling to get enough work on a zero hours-type contract, forced into homelessness and reliant on foodbanks after leaving the forces.   

Veteran Cammy Macleod – a co-ordinator of the - said: “The fact our veterans are being forced to use foodbanks is a horrifying indictment of modern Britain.

” Commenting Dr Eilidh Whitford, candidate for Banff and Buchan said: “Our brave veterans have enough to deal with when they return to civilian life and it is truly shameful that the Tories have turned their backs on so many who have fought for this country, leaving them to rely on emergency food supplies.