The Home Secretary said there would be no criminal sanctions for young people who did not take part.
Teenagers would not be sent to jail for refusing to comply with the Tories’ proposed “mandatory” national service, James Cleverly has said.
In an apparent pitch to older voters and those who may turn to Reform UK, the Conservatives said volunteering could include helping local fire, police and NHS services, as well as charities tackling loneliness and supporting elderly people. Heightening his attack on Saturday, Mr Sunak said voters would be left “at risk” with the Labour leader in Number 10 because Britain’s enemies would notice that he “doesn’t have a plan”.
After that, it would seek to introduce a new “National Service Act” to make the measures compulsory by the end of the next Parliament, the party said. “I have a clear plan to address this and secure our future. I will bring in a new model of national service to create a shared sense of purpose among our young people and a renewed sense of pride in our country.
Sir Keir’s party pointed out that Lord David Cameron introduced a similar scheme – the National Citizen Service – when he was prime minister. Liberal Democrat defence spokesperson Richard Foord MP said: “If the Conservatives were serious about defence, they would reverse their damaging cuts to our world class professional armed forces, instead of decimating them, with swingeing cuts to the number of our regular service personnel.
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