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 understand how they can define each other.
'live and mps are given a bit of care' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'a' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'are given' says to put letters next to each other.
'a bit of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial 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" .)