Last week, as Chair of the Armed Forces Community APPG, I was pleased to host a meeting on social care and the Veteran Friendly Framework for care homes. With over 26,000 veterans living in care homes across England and Wales, it’s essential that social care services recognise military service and understand the unique experiences many veterans and their families bring with them.

This week we the Armed Forces Community APPG hosted its first drop-in event in Parliament on transition from service to civilian life and the skills that service leavers can bring to the civilian workforce. The drop-in was an opportunity for MPs to come and learn how to help constituents who are managing the transition.  

This week, I chaired the latest meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces Community, which focused on the treatment of military compensation within the benefits system. Military compensation is intended to recognise the service and sacrifice of those who have been injured or fallen ill while serving our country. Yet too often, these payments are still treated as income in means-tested benefits, leaving some of the most vulnerable veterans and bereaved

APPG for the Armed Forces Community meeting minuets on the 13th May 2025

APPG for the Armed Forces Community, Minutes from meeting on 25th February 2025. Topic: non-UK members of the Armed Forces Community

This week's meeting of the Armed Forces Community APPG focused on the challenges of the many service people, families and veterans who don’t