Labour ministers face betrayal accusations over the Troubles Bill as MPs warn its 156 amendments cannot be properly scrutinised

Labour's own former defence minister Al Carns has turned on the Bill, warning it opens 'floodgates to hundreds of lawyers' to 'rewrite history'. Carns, who served in Northern Ireland in 2003, said it would 'paint the state as the aggressor'. The Bill scraps the Tories' Legacy Act, which shielded soldiers from vexatious prosecutions. It came back to the Commons on Monday.

The Government tabled 156 amendments last week, leaving MPs little time to examine them.

Carns warned the law 'deals the best possible hand to our adversaries'.

He claimed it will be used to sell Northern Ireland on reunification.