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Recognise ‘Veteran’ as a protected characteristic in law.

Submitted by Stuart Fawcett on Tuesday 25th November 2025

Published on Tuesday 6th January 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Monday 6th July 2026

Current Signatures: 7,698
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Armed Forces ~ arms ~ Bodies ~ Concern ~ concerns ~ Consistently ~ Duty ~ Enable ~ Ensure ~ Equal ~ Equality Act ~ Equality Act 2010 ~ Fairness ~ Fairs ~ Forced ~ health care ~ Healthcare ~ Housing ~ justice system ~ Justices ~ Law ~ One Day ~ Prevent ~ Protecting ~ Public bodies ~ Regular ~ status ~ system ~ Veteran

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Recognise ‘Veteran’ as a protected characteristic in law.

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