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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Harry Taylor

Government ‘not considering’ conscription reintroduction

The Government is not considering reintroducing conscription, a senior minister has said, as the Latvian president said European countries should consider bringing it in.

Pat McFadden, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pointed to the Government’s increase in defence spending in recent weeks but said Sir Keir Starmer was not examining bringing in mandatory recruitment into the armed forces.

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