Danny Kinahan resigns as NI's veterans commissioner

Northern Ireland's archetypal ever veterans commissioner Danny Kinahan has resigned.

In a statement, helium said helium “cannot supply the autarkic dependable that veterans require.”

Mr Kinahan, a erstwhile Ulster Unionist MP who served arsenic a skipper successful the Blues and Royals Regiment, was appointed to the relation successful 2020.

Northern Ireland caput Hilary Benn thanked Mr Kinahan for his “dedicated enactment connected behalf of veterans and families surviving successful Northern Ireland.”

He said that veterans successful Northern Ireland “do not bask the aforesaid extortion arsenic their counterparts successful Great Britain.”

The erstwhile MP said helium had decided to resign pursuing an “open and frank” speech with the caput of state.

Mr Kinahan added: “Veterans successful Northern Ireland person peculiar needs and concerns which request to beryllium addressed by the UK Government, which I person made precise wide successful our discussions.”

Mr Benn said Mr Kinahan, who was the archetypal veterans commissioner to beryllium appointed successful Northern Ireland, had spent 4 years moving with veterans connected a scope of issues and the authorities would “continue to prosecute with him connected these issues.”

He added: “We are committed to continuing to enactment veterans successful Northern Ireland done the Veterans Welfare Service NI and the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust.”

Plans for a commissioner for subject veterans were contained successful 2020's New Decade, New Approach agreement.

It is estimated determination are astir 150,000 ex-military unit successful Northern Ireland.