ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REGULATION OF SOCIAL PROTECTION OF MILITARY SERVANTS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES IN GREAT BRITAIN

Introduction. The article examines the issues of administrative and legal regulation of social protection of servicemen and their family members in Great Britain. An analysis of the legislation of Great Britain, which regulates administrative and legal relations in the field of social protection of servicemen and their family members, is carried out. The organizational and legal mechanism for ensuring the social rights of servicemen and their family members in Great Britain is revealed. The relevance of the study of the experience of administrative and legal regulation of social protection of servicemen of the leading democratic countries of the world is of great importance for its consideration and implementation during the formation of the modern provision of social rights of servicemen and their family members in the conditions of a full-scale war in Ukraine. Goal. The purpose of the study is to study the experience of leading democratic countries, in particular the model of the British military service for the creation of modern administrative and legal regulation of social protection of servicemen and their family members in the conditions of a full-scale war in Ukraine, the formation of practical proposals for the implementation of a fair and transparent mechanism of social guarantees for servicemen and their members families, based on the national traditions of the Cossacks and democratic assets. Materials and methods. The research materials are: regulatory and legal support for the regulation of social protection of servicemen and their family members; works of domestic authors conducting scientific and practical research in the field of social security of military personnel. During the research, general scientific methods of analysis, synthesis and formal legal method were used. The use of the specified methodological tools made it possible to analyze and highlight information from the presented sources and legal acts, to find out the content of the legal norms of these acts and to obtain new knowledge, which was reflected in the presented material. The results. The result of the analysis was the establishment of information on the administrative-legal regulation of social protection of servicemen and their family members in the British model of military service, the foundation of which is a comprehensive, fair and understandable mechanism of administrative-legal provision of the social rights of servicemen by the state. The experience of the British system regarding the integration of governmental and non-governmental organizations into a single system of services that they provide to users can be useful for Ukraine. Because a member of the military or their family members in the UK have the opportunity on the ground to contact their local council and get the resources and support they need in their area. An important point is the integration of services into one system, and the same services can be provided by different entities, which greatly simplifies interaction with the system. Prospects. In further scientific research, it is proposed to focus attention on the development of proposals for amendments to the current legislation of Ukraine regarding the creation of a model of integration of governmental and non-governmental organizations into a single system of services for military personnel and their family members in Ukraine. Since the unification of social support services for military personnel and their family members will greatly simplify their interaction with all subjects of governmental and non-governmental organizations to obtain the necessary social support and social protection in their region.