Where soldiers live, and MPs are given a bit of care (5)
I believe the answer is:
camps
'where soldiers' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I don't see how one could define the other.
'live and mps are given a bit of care' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'a' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'are given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a bit of' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'care' is 'c'.
'a'+'mps' is 'amps'.
'amps' put after 'c' is 'CAMPS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for camps that I've seen before include "Temporary living quarters for soldiers" , "Pitches tents" , "Lives in makeshift shelters" , "Sleeps in a tent" , "Places where troops are lodged and trained" .)