Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces £1m funding for a Muslim soldiers memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced £1 million funding towards a memorial for Muslim soldiers who died in the First and Second World Wars. The memorial will be built at the National Memorial Arboretum and aims to honor an estimated 750,000 Muslims who fought for the British armed forces. The proposal for the memorial was brought to the government's attention by Sir Sajid Javid, a fellow Conservative MP.
March 06, 2024
6 Articles