<p>Eight Britons were injured in the Mumbai attacks, including Will Pike, 29, who was left paralysed and confined to a wheelchair after being caught up in the bombings and subsequent siege of the Taj hotel.<br /><br />The previous Labour government had amended the law that enabled British victims of terrorism overseas to claim compensation.<br /><br />Calling the reported shift in policy 'an insult', Pike told The Observer: "I will be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life, so this is isn't a matter of choice for me; I was the victim of an attack on my country.<br /><br />The terrorists hit that hotel because it was full of western tourists. I was injured because I had a British passport, which turned out to be bloody worthless as soon as I got home."</p>.<p>Campaigners called the reported shelving of plans to help Pike and 300 or so other British victims of attacks abroad over the past few years as 'outrageous'.</p>.<p>Changes to rules were made under the Labour government, with support from various parties.<br /><br />A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "Following the Ministry of Justice's Spending Review settlement, ministers are reviewing all victims' services and considering where best to allocate funds.</p>.<p>No final decisions have been mad. This government believes that support should be offered to the most serious, most vulnerable and most persistently targeted victims of crime – ensuring that those who actually need support, receive it."</p>.<p>Announcing the amendment to the law before the general election, the then justice secretary Jack Straw said: "Terrorism is intended as a political statement and an attack on society as a whole. Therefore it is right that, as a tangible expression of sympathy, society should compensate the victims of terrorist attacks abroad."<br /><br />Lord Brennan, a Labour peer who has campaigned extensively on this issue, said not paying Pike and others compensation "shamed" Britain.<br /><br />He said: "If those injured here are paid compensation, then it should be the case that those injured abroad in the past are not ignored.<br /><br />In the midst of this grave recession, with the campaign against terrorism continuing, to forget these people is simply unforgiveable treatment. This could have been any one of us on a foreign journey." </p>
<p>Eight Britons were injured in the Mumbai attacks, including Will Pike, 29, who was left paralysed and confined to a wheelchair after being caught up in the bombings and subsequent siege of the Taj hotel.<br /><br />The previous Labour government had amended the law that enabled British victims of terrorism overseas to claim compensation.<br /><br />Calling the reported shift in policy 'an insult', Pike told The Observer: "I will be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life, so this is isn't a matter of choice for me; I was the victim of an attack on my country.<br /><br />The terrorists hit that hotel because it was full of western tourists. I was injured because I had a British passport, which turned out to be bloody worthless as soon as I got home."</p>.<p>Campaigners called the reported shelving of plans to help Pike and 300 or so other British victims of attacks abroad over the past few years as 'outrageous'.</p>.<p>Changes to rules were made under the Labour government, with support from various parties.<br /><br />A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "Following the Ministry of Justice's Spending Review settlement, ministers are reviewing all victims' services and considering where best to allocate funds.</p>.<p>No final decisions have been mad. This government believes that support should be offered to the most serious, most vulnerable and most persistently targeted victims of crime – ensuring that those who actually need support, receive it."</p>.<p>Announcing the amendment to the law before the general election, the then justice secretary Jack Straw said: "Terrorism is intended as a political statement and an attack on society as a whole. Therefore it is right that, as a tangible expression of sympathy, society should compensate the victims of terrorist attacks abroad."<br /><br />Lord Brennan, a Labour peer who has campaigned extensively on this issue, said not paying Pike and others compensation "shamed" Britain.<br /><br />He said: "If those injured here are paid compensation, then it should be the case that those injured abroad in the past are not ignored.<br /><br />In the midst of this grave recession, with the campaign against terrorism continuing, to forget these people is simply unforgiveable treatment. This could have been any one of us on a foreign journey." </p>