The Armed Forces Covenant is a simple promise that no one who serves, or their family, should be worse off because of their service. Payments from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme or War Pensions are meant to recognise injuries, illness, or loss of life from service, rather than to replace income. Yet all too often, they are counted as regular income when deciding a veteran’s eligibility for welfare benefits like Pension Credit. However, the Labour Government must now go further and legislate so that all military compensation payments are disregarded when calculating welfare entitlements, nationwide. Almost 300,000 people have signed our petition to remove unfair barriers to veterans’ compensation and benefits.