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Voices: Independent readers share their views on conscription – from ‘necessary evil’ to ‘waste of time’

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: Readers were divided on the idea of reintroducing national service, with many agreeing that Britain’s military is underprepared, but questioning whether conscription is the right solution in 2025

The Independent UK

Looking back on National Service in 1970

Ten years after the last callup, the Observer assessed attitudes, which were perhaps surprisingly positive, to compulsory recruitment in the armed forces

The Guardian - UK

"They all lived on half a pigeon’s egg each in the morning": The extraordinary life of Bill Wyman: WW2 evacuee, RAF airman, hit solo artist, bandleader, author, restaurateur, archaeologist, cricketer and Rolling Stone

Bill Wyman's time in The Greatest Rock’N’Roll Band In The World was storied, but there’s been much, much more to his life than that

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No joy in history theft: more Newcastle memorial plaques go missing

Some 20 plaques have gone missing in what's been called a 'sacrilegious act'.

Newcastle Herald

Michael Caine supports bringing back National Service: ‘You grow up’

‘It turned me from boy into a man,’ Caine says

The Independent UK

National Service Won't Win More Men for Democrats

Harris won’t fix her men problem by listening to pundits.

Reason

Sunak under fresh pressure over national service plan as Tories accused of ‘making it up as they go along’

Exclusive: Defence secretary Grant Shapps has been accused of plunging the promise into chaos with multiple TV appearances in which he appeared to change course on how the military aspect would be implemented

The Independent UK

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The top quips of the Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer TV showdown

The Labour and Tory leaders swapped blows for an hour in the battle to win the keys to No 10

The Independent UK

Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis Doing a Mandatory Stint In the Armed Forces If National Service Passes Would Be “Good for Them,” Royal Expert Says

If National Service passes in the U.K.’s general election on July 4, it will mark the first time the country has had compulsory service since 1960.

Marie Claire

The Beatles ‘would not have existed’ if fab four had been forced to do National Service

Rishi Sunak says his favourite band of all time were The Beatles - but they only existed because National Service had been scrapped

The Independent UK

Diane Abbott row fails to harm Labour’s support in weekly tracker poll

Exclusive: The latest weekly tracker poll from Techne UK saw support for the Tories rise by two points but Labour remain unchanged

The Independent UK

Prince George, Charlotte and Louis to take part in unexpected activity if Conservatives get their way

Prince George, Charlotte and Louis to be treated like any other teen when they turn 18, if the Conservatives are re-elected and get their way.

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Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis Would Be Required to Take Part In National Service If It Passes In the U.K.—Including Potentially Serving in the Armed Forces

No royal children will be exempt from taking part in at least a year of service when they turn 18, the country’s Conservative Party clarified.

Marie Claire

Rishi Sunak wakes up to election trouble in Cornwall over national service funding

Plan to conscript 18-year-olds depends on scrapping a national levelling-up fund that benefits Cornwall and Wales

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Rishi Sunak says daughters are 'excited' about his national service plans

The Prime Minister was defending his plans for young voters

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What are the government's National Service plans, how it could impact your teens and which countries already have it?

The government has made the controversial announcement of bringing back National Service - here's how it could impact your teen, and which countries have the scheme in place.

Evening Standard

National Service scheme explained: who does it apply to?

All you need to know about the National Service proposed by the Tory government

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson ally warns Tory MPs only have themselves to blame for Sunak’s ‘predictable’ election chaos

As ministers have a public spat over Rishi Sunak’s national service plan, Boris Johnson ally Zac Goldsmith has claimed that Tory MPs’ ‘complicity’ is to blame for the election chaos

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The Independent UK

Senior minister criticises Rishi Sunak’s National Service plan in election statement

Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker has put out a personal election statement which criticises the compulsory nature of Sunak’s National Service plan

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak rejects claim he plans to move to California if he loses election – as it happened

Prime minister dismisses speculation after Tory peer Zac Goldsmith became latest to hint at planned relocation

The Independent UK

John Curtice warns Sunak his national service plan will not close poll gap with Labour

Exclusive: Top pollsters have warned that the national service plan will not help Rishi Sunak beat Keir Starmer’s Labour

The Independent UK

Ben Wallace’s favourite defence blogger exposes real cost of Sunak’s National Service plan

A defence blogger and analyst beloved by former defence secretary Ben Wallace has questioned key details about Sunak’s National Service plan

The Independent UK

Defence minister ruled out national service over morale fears day after Rishi Sunak called election

Rishi Sunak’s proposal to reintroduce national service 61 years after it was scrapped has created a backlash

The Independent UK

What is National Service and how would it work as Rishi Sunak announces mandatory scheme

What exactly are the Tories proposing and could teenagers be arrested for refusing call-up?

The Guardian - UK

‘No return to austerity under a Labour government,’ says shadow chancellor – as it happened

Rachel Reeves says Labour plans for an immediate injection of cash into frontline public services if party gets into government

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