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Tory minister defends Rishi Sunak's national service pledge

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Tory minister defends Rishi Sunak's national service pledge

Tory minister defends Rishi Sunak's national service pledge

Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Minister of State for Indo-Pacific, defends Rishi Sunak's idea to bring back mandatory national service for young people saying "the world is a very unsafe place and getting worse and we need to make sure that our young people have the skills they need to be resilient and the leaders of the future".

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