Tobias Ellwood, the former Chair of the Defence Select Committee and Conservative MP for Bournemouth East, has defended Rishi Sunak's latest pledge to bring in mandatory National Service for 18-year-olds.
Tobias Ellwood, the former Chair of the Defence Select Committee and Conservative MP for Bournemouth East, has defended Rishi Sunak's latest pledge to bring in mandatory National Service for 18-year-olds. On Saturday, the Prime Minister confirmed all 18-year-olds will be made to enrol in a year-long military placement or spend one weekend each month volunteering under the plan should the Conservative win the upcoming General Election.
"So we must prepare today and vastly improve our national resilience, it's simply not possible to retain our standing armed force at such high readiness, so there must be an all society approach.
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