Poor Kit Is Risking Our Boys'' Lives ; Calls for More to Be Spent On Protecting Armed Forces 'They Deserve the Best Equipment'

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THE mother of a Derbyshire soldier, who is serving in Afghanistan, claims a shortage of equipment is endangering the lives of British troops.

Pauline Carter is calling on the Government to spend more on protecting its Armed Forces after her son telephoned from the war zone to inform her of the need for better vehicles, body armour, helmets and gunsights.

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Poor Kit Is Risking Our Boys'' Lives ; Calls for More to Be Spent On Protecting Armed Forces 'They Deserve the Best Equipment'

Her views were supported by Jane Ford, whose son Private Ben Ford was killed by a roadside bomb in September 2007. His Land Rov...

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