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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Archie Mitchell

Armed forces recruitment crisis due to Gen Z not joining up, Ben Wallace warns

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Britain’s armed forces are facing a recruitment crisis because members of Generation Z – a term that refers to those born in the 1990s and early 2000s – are not signing up, the former defence secretary has said.

Ben Wallace, who stepped down last August, said Britain needs to “do things differently” to recruit soldiers and other service members.

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