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Expand Covenant Legal Duty, co-designing with local authorities for effective, deliverable implementation.

Recommendation
The Covenant Legal Duty should be expanded to cover the breadth of areas in which members of the Armed Forces community regularly experience disadvantage. The Government should work closely with local authorities and other bodies who might be required to deliver an expanded Covenant 27 Duty to co-design a Duty that meets the needs of the forces community and that can be delivered in the context of severe constraints on their resources. (Recommendation, Paragraph 31)
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 16 June 2025. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document.

Addressee Bodies
Ministry of Defence
Timeline
Recommendation age 1.4 yr
Report published 08 Apr 2025