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<p>Last year's Armed Forces Covenant Annual Report to Parliament, published on 18
December 2017, sets out the progress made and future intent across Government and
in the Devolved Administrations towards a number of key goals in the Royal British
Legion's Manifesto. These include: confirmation from the Office of National Statistics
that they will recommend the inclusion of a veterans' marker in the 2021 census; an
independent review of the Covenant in Business in 2018 to identify and share best
practice, and an intention to consult on statutory guidance for local authorities
regarding housing support for divorced and separated spouses of Service personnel.</p><p>
</p><p>Defence Ministers were pleased to meet with the Director General of the Royal
British Legion, Charles Byrne, in November 2017, and will continue to drive the Covenant
agenda forward across Government via the Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board this
Year.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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