Failings in the care given to British troops who suffer from mental illness are a "national scandal", the Conservatives said today.

Shadow defence secretary Liam Fox warned that the UK was sitting on a "timebomb" of future post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

The Tories highlighted the dangers at a summit in Westminster today after one of the bloodiest periods for British forces for decades.

The bodies of eight soldiers killed in Afghanistan within a 24-hour period - three of them teenagers - were returned to the UK yesterday.

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SOURCE: Mental Health Foundation