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Wes Streeting deluged with homophobic hate mail since becoming defence secretary
NEWS DESKPolitics
PUBLISHEDAug 26, 2026, 9:21 PM
What the source reports
Homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967, but a ban continued in the armed forces until 2000.
Main source: BBC Politics
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