News and communications

The Government has worked with NHS England, housing providers and charities to provide record levels of dedicated support for veterans, as outlined in the latest six monthly report published by the Office for Veterans’ Affai…

• Updated: 24 August 2023

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Johnny Mercer visited Worcestershire Medal Services in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter this morning to see the first Nuclear Test Medals in production.

• Updated: 23 August 2023

Detail of the 'Great Place to Work for Veterans' initiative.

• Updated: 18 August 2023

The design of the Nuclear Test Medal has been unveiled. The medal recognises military, civilian, and overseas staff and personnel who participated in Britain’s nuclear testing programme in the 1950s and 1960s.

• Updated: 28 July 2023

The PM and Defence Secretary apologise to LGBT personnel and veterans impacted by the historic ban.

• Updated: 19 July 2023

The reviews have offered recommendations to improve the experience of those requiring veterans’ welfare or compensation services.

• Updated: 17 July 2023

The Government has launched a refresh of the Veterans’ Gateway, which will improve access to welfare services for ex-forces personnel.

• Updated: 13 July 2023

If you have previously served in the armed forces (or have a relative that has) with an unclaimed medal, we would like to speak to you.

• Updated: 7 July 2023

From today, vulnerable veterans across the country will have access to Op FORTITUDE, a new dedicated referral pathway for homeless veterans, including those sleeping on the streets.

• Updated: 4 July 2023

Thousands of schoolchildren will learn more about the British nuclear testing programme thanks to a £70,000 grant from the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA). Another £34,000 grant will bring hundreds of veterans together at…

• Updated: 23 June 2023

Three members of the veterans community have received Points of Light awards as part of events to mark Armed Forces Week.

• Updated: 22 June 2023

More than a century after his death, Private (Pte) Joe Stevenson, a 34-year-old soldier from Framlingham in Suffolk, has finally been laid to rest with full military honours alongside an unknown soldier from his regiment, an…

• Updated: 22 June 2023

A ceremony has been held for an RAF pilot from Clapham, London, more than 80 years after he was killed in action aged just 20 over the beaches of Northern France.

• Updated: 25 May 2023

More than a century after the end of World War 1, an unmarked headstone of a Commonwealth war grave finally carries the name of the young airman who rests there.

• Updated: 25 May 2023

A one-off payment of £87,500 for eligible spouses in recognition of those who forfeited their pensions prior to 2015.

• Updated: 17 May 2023

An op-ed from Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer, originally published in the Times Red Box.

• Updated: 16 May 2023

More than a century after his death, Private (Pte) Robert Kenneth Malcolm, a 23-year-old stretcher bearer from Stockton-on-Tees, has finally been laid to rest with full military honours and his war medals presented to his fa…

• Updated: 11 May 2023

£250,000 in government funding has been awarded to Universities and National Life Stories, the UK’s leading oral history fieldwork charity from the British Library, to chronicle and study the experiences of British nuclear t…

• Updated: 28 April 2023

Up to £8m of funding from the Office for Veterans’ Affairs is now available to tackle veterans’ homelessness head on.

• Updated: 21 April 2023

A major review into the veteran welfare services for veterans has been announced today by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs and the Ministry of Defence.

• Updated: 3 April 2023