Tag: Military Covenant
Situations Vacant: MoD Legal Department
In the news today is an indication that the Government has done yet another U Turn, on top of its original U Turn Of course, the story is about enshrining the military covenant into the Armed Forces Bill. Armed Forces Bill’s are usually uncontroversial affairs that include lots of tidying up, aligning UK law with [...]
The Armed Forces Bill
The news today is about the delaying of the Armed Forces Bill and the continuing controversy on its lack of engagement with the Military Covenant. In a speech on HMS Ark Royal last June, David Cameron pledged to enshrine the covenant in law. The MoD website has a piece on it here and Number 10 [...]
The Military Covenant – An Opinion
In the last few days the issue of the military covenant has been high on the news agenda with the issue of pensions, email sackings and deporting ex service personnel being reported on and used by the opposition and press to bash the government with. In a time honoured tradition for opposition politicians; they accuse [...]
MoD Publishes Military Covenant Report
It is impossible not to be cynical about efforts to restore the Military Covenant because as the Government gushes forth about how valuable the armed forces are, how we all have to redouble our efforts to support them and just how much it appreciates the sacrifices made by service personnel, we see an involuntary reduction [...]
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