Troubles-era killings consultation launched amid amnesty row

Defence secretary Gavin Williamson raised concerns that ex-soldiers who had already been investigated would not be protected from new inquiries.A long-delayed consultation for a new unit to investigate Troubles-era killings in Northern Ireland has finally been unveiled, amid a cabinet rift over the omission of an amnesty for military personnel.Cabinet ministers are divided over plans for the creation of a historical investigations unit, which the government agreed to establish in 2014 as part of