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Jeremy Corbyn took the ­opportunity of an interview before Remembrance Day to urge more to be done for veterans with PTSD.

The Labour leader says he has spoken to a number of veterans - both in his Islington constituency - and across the country with the condition.

And he vowed to do more to support their struggle if he is elected Prime Minister.

Mr Corbyn said: “PTSD is something that wasn’t really recognised in the past.

“I met a man in Islington who told me about his experiences in a Japanese POW camp. They’d been with him all his life and he had been frightened to tell people. He shouldn’t have had to suffer like that.”

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The Labour leader added that there was an over-reliance on charities to step in and support veterans and the government should do more to help.

He said: “There’s no pathway for some and no clear way back into civilian life.

“Some end up drinking too much, family breakups, and end up on the streets. I’ve raised these things with the Ministry of Defence.

“We need to make sure people of all ranks who come out are supported and make the best of their lives.”

The Sunday People has been campaigning to improve the support for veterans with PTSD.

We want to see more provision for those who have served in the armed forces and are often left to struggle on their own.

Mr Corbyn said: “Soldiers in the period before they leave should get support on decision-making and issues round housing, for example.

“And for PTSD, there should be counselling available for people all the time.

“Another man who lives in my constituency here told me about what he went through in the Falklands War. And I asked him what kind of help he got for it and he told me ‘absolutely none’

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“We want to build a country that’s fit for them. And that supports them.”

Mr Corbyn will attend the ceremony at the Cenotaph today.

He spoke about his feelings at the service, saying: “When I’ve been to services at the Cenotaph and when we’ve held them on Upper Street everything falls silent.

“Then you hear the wind rustling through the trees and you see the birds fly and it’s total silence. It’s like the whole world has stopped. I think about all those who died in the wars. I think about the horror of war. I think about those who died in the trenches.

“And I think about how to make sure the next generations don’t go through it.”