Keir Starmer’s government has been urged to act on a ‘moral imperative’ to stop veterans becoming homeless ahead of Remembrance Day, after Big Issue revealed doubts over the future of millions in cash that has kept hundreds of ex-forces personnel off the street.

It comes as another organisation taking referrals from the government’s Op FORTITUDE hotline tells Big Issue it has been funding work out of its own pocket after it stopped receiving government cash when a partnership ended.

Despite getting more than 1,000 veterans out of rough sleeping since it was introduced in 2023, funding linked to Op FORTITUDE has not been confirmed beyond March 2026, Big Issue reported this month.

Former soldier Mike Martin , the Liberal Democrat MP for Tunbridge Wells and member of the defence select

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