Rejected petition Veterans are heroes! Give our veterans priority housing & mental health care

As of January 2018, hundred of our veterans were reduced to sleeping in doorways and begging on the streets.
At least 13,000 war heroes are homeless after leaving the military.
This figure is a disgrace and shows our Government is failing those who risked their lives for Queen & Country.

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Many veterans have PTSD and are in desperate need of help.
Yet the Government signed the Global Migration Compact!
Instead of focusing on migrants trying to enter our country, it is time to support our veterans with re-housing and access to mental health support.

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The law already allows local authorities to give priority to ex-service personnel when allocating housing and the NHS offers dedicated mental health care to veterans.

You can find out more here:

http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04244/SN04244.pdf

https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/military-healthcare/nhs-mental-health-services-for-veterans/

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Date submitted 16 December 2018
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