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The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have chosen to make their latest election pledges for veterans on Remembrance Sunday.
Campaigning is well under way for the general election and keeping up with the latest promises, policies and pledges from the parties can be difficult.
Here are today’s announcements on issues from parties as they seek to win your vote on December 12.
Conservatives: Discounted train fares for veterans
Veterans will be eligible for a railcard giving them a third off the cost of train travel if the Conservatives win a majority at the General Election.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the railcard would support up to 700,000 former Armed Forces personnel who do not qualify for existing railcards.
General Election 2019 – In pictures
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries his hand at making an Antony Gormley inspired clay figure during an arts class whilst visiting the George Spencer Academy in Nottingham, while on the General Election campaign trail around the country
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn unveils the Labour battle bus while on the General Election campaign trail in Liverpool
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson helps quality control staff during a general election campaign visit to the Tayto Castle crisp factory in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the campaign trail on Thursday
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Brexit party leader Nigel Farage eats fish and chips from Whitehaven Fish Bar Takeaway Restaurant during a walkabout after attending an election campaign even
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Boris Johnson at Downing Street
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Leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson attends an election campaign event in Golders Green
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon eats a cupcake during a visit to a bakery whilst on the election campaign trail in Alloa
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Carrie Symonds shares a picture of Dilyn the dog ready for the General Election
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Boris Johnson speaks to staff at the East Midlands and East of England Genomic Laboratory Hub, in Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage during a visit to Bolsover Boxing Club near Chesterfield in Derbyshire
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Britain’s opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech during their election campaign event on Brexit in Harlow
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street on route to Buckingham Palace ahead of an audience with Queen Elizabeth II and the formal start of the General Election
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a guitar as she visits Dalkeith Community Hub with Owen Thompson, SNP election candidate for Midlothian
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage addresses supporters at the Washington Central Hotel in Workington
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Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie (right) and party General Election campaign chairman Alex Cole-Hamilton on the General Election campaign trail in Blackhall, Edinburgh
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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson during a visit to Sigma Pharmaceuticals in North Watford
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage stops for a pint of beer with the party’s candidate for Ashfield Martin Daubney (right) during a campaigning stop in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
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Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice poses as he wears boxing gloves at a general election campaign event at Bolsover Boxing Club in Chesterfield
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Jeremy Corbyn kisses Emily Thornbury’s hand in Battersea
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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson takes a selfie as she appears on BBCC’s The Andrew Marr Show
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Jeremy Corbyn prepares to launch the Labour Party’s election campaign in south London
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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon helps to serve soup during a visit to the Lochside Community Centre in Dumfries, to meet voters and activists while on the General Election campaign.
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Nigel Farage at the Brexit Party’s election campaign launch
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Boris Johnson looks at old photographs of London with students at Abbots Green Primary Academy in Bury St Edmunds
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Nigel Farage on The Andrew Marr Show
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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has a coffee in Cafe Gelato, Rutherglen
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Jacob Rees-Mogg arrives at Downing Street in London
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Jeremy Corbyn meeting the party faithful during a rally while on the campaign trail in Swindon
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Larry the cat walks outside Downing Street
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Boris Johnson as he leaves 10 Downing Street
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Nigel Farage gives the thumbs up
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Jeremy Corbyn takes a selfie while on the General Election campaign trail in Milton Keynes
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Government advisor Dominic Cummings walks along Whitehall on his way to Downing Street wearing a bulldog clip
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries his hand at making an Antony Gormley inspired clay figure during an arts class whilst visiting the George Spencer Academy in Nottingham, while on the General Election campaign trail around the country
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn unveils the Labour battle bus while on the General Election campaign trail in Liverpool
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson helps quality control staff during a general election campaign visit to the Tayto Castle crisp factory in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the campaign trail on Thursday
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Brexit party leader Nigel Farage eats fish and chips from Whitehaven Fish Bar Takeaway Restaurant during a walkabout after attending an election campaign even
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Boris Johnson at Downing Street
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Leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson attends an election campaign event in Golders Green
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon eats a cupcake during a visit to a bakery whilst on the election campaign trail in Alloa
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Carrie Symonds shares a picture of Dilyn the dog ready for the General Election
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Boris Johnson speaks to staff at the East Midlands and East of England Genomic Laboratory Hub, in Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge
Reuters
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage during a visit to Bolsover Boxing Club near Chesterfield in Derbyshire
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Britain’s opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech during their election campaign event on Brexit in Harlow
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street on route to Buckingham Palace ahead of an audience with Queen Elizabeth II and the formal start of the General Election
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a guitar as she visits Dalkeith Community Hub with Owen Thompson, SNP election candidate for Midlothian
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage addresses supporters at the Washington Central Hotel in Workington
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Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie (right) and party General Election campaign chairman Alex Cole-Hamilton on the General Election campaign trail in Blackhall, Edinburgh
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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson during a visit to Sigma Pharmaceuticals in North Watford
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage stops for a pint of beer with the party’s candidate for Ashfield Martin Daubney (right) during a campaigning stop in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
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Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice poses as he wears boxing gloves at a general election campaign event at Bolsover Boxing Club in Chesterfield
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Jeremy Corbyn kisses Emily Thornbury’s hand in Battersea
Jeremy Selwyn
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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson takes a selfie as she appears on BBCC’s The Andrew Marr Show
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Jeremy Corbyn prepares to launch the Labour Party’s election campaign in south London
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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon helps to serve soup during a visit to the Lochside Community Centre in Dumfries, to meet voters and activists while on the General Election campaign.
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Nigel Farage at the Brexit Party’s election campaign launch
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Boris Johnson looks at old photographs of London with students at Abbots Green Primary Academy in Bury St Edmunds
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Nigel Farage on The Andrew Marr Show
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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has a coffee in Cafe Gelato, Rutherglen
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Jacob Rees-Mogg arrives at Downing Street in London
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Jeremy Corbyn meeting the party faithful during a rally while on the campaign trail in Swindon
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Larry the cat walks outside Downing Street
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Boris Johnson as he leaves 10 Downing Street
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Nigel Farage gives the thumbs up
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Jeremy Corbyn takes a selfie while on the General Election campaign trail in Milton Keynes
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Government advisor Dominic Cummings walks along Whitehall on his way to Downing Street wearing a bulldog clip
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Spouses and dependent children will also be eligible for discounted fares if they are travelling with the railcard holder.
Under the plans, eligibility for the existing HM Forces Railcard – which costs £21 a year and provides a one-third discount off most rail tickets – will be extended to all those who have previously served in the Armed Forces.
Liberal Democrats: No settlement fees for vets born overseas
Armed Forces veterans who were born outside the UK would be exempt from paying settlement fees under Liberal Democrat proposals for government.
The party has vowed to end the “excessive” indefinite leave to remain fees for former service personnel and their families applying to take up their right to settle in Britain.
Its analysis suggests the processing fees for such applications have increased three-fold since 2007 – from £750 to £2,389 – which would set a family of four back by almost £10,000.
Lib Dem defence spokesman Jamie Stone, announcing the proposal on Remembrance Sunday, warned the costs are preventing “many brave veterans and their families from living in the UK”.
Additional reporting by PA Media
