Forgotten victims’ say repealing Troubles legislation would be ‘perverse’ and ‘destabilise reconciliation within the legacy’

The Prime Minister represented an IRA criminal and an armed robber years before his decision to repeal the Legacy Act.

GERRY Adams will be blocked from claiming taxpayer-funded compensation if possible, Sir Keir Starmer pledged today following a massive backlash. The PM pledged to “look at every conceivable way”

Outcry from peers and IRA bomb victims as PM’s decision to repeal Troubles legislation means former Sinn Fein leader is in line for payout

Gerry Adams will be eligible for a bumper payout if Sir Keir Starmer 's Government scraps a block on compensation for people interned during the Troubles, a think tank has warned. And the daughter of a police officer killed by the IRA in 1983 has described the move as "highly unacceptable".

A thinktank backed by 16 peers has criticised the government's plan to lift a ban on compensation for unlawful detention during the Troubles.

Sir Keir Starmer was speaking in the House of Commons after the Conservatives said it was "shameful" that repealing the Legacy Act could put Mr Adams in line for a "cheque". The Legacy Act presently blocks him - and many others interned without trial in the 1970s - from claiming compensation for unlawful detention.

We will look at every conceivable way to prevent these types of cases claiming damages,” Sir Keir Starmer told the House of Commons on Wednesday, referring to Adams and hundreds of others who were interned over the period.