Sunak says he will bring back National Service if Tories win general election
- Rishi Sunak aims to implement mandatory National Service for young people if the Conservatives win, offering military placement or volunteer options for 18-year-olds.
- The voluntary choice involves spending 25 days with authorities like the police, fire service, NHS, or charities, to develop skills.
- Sunak believes this model will provide valuable opportunities and skills for youth, defending the mandatory approach as essential for citizenship.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledges to bring in National Service for 18-year-olds
Launching his military conscription pledge, Sunak said national service was needed because the world was “more dangerous and challenging than it has been in decades… There’s China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. These things aren’t just happening far away, they impact us here at home.”
Britain's ruling Conservative Party has announced it will reintroduce compulsory national military service if it wins the July 4 general election, AFP reported on Sunday.
Sunak pledges national service if he wins
All 18-year-olds in Britain will have to perform a year of mandatory military or civilian national service if the governing Conservative Party wins the July 4 election,the party said yesterday. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged to bring back a form of national service for the first time in more...
Sunak Vows to Bring Back National Service for 18 Year Olds
Eighteen-year-olds will serve in the military for one year or take up other weekend volunteering roles under the Tories’ plan to bring back national service, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. The pledge marks the first major policy announcement from either side ahead of the July 4 General Election that he called earlier this week. It comes as the idea of conscriptions returned into debates around Europe amid ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Mi…
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