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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Maddox

Senior minister criticises Rishi Sunak’s National Service plan in election statement

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Support for Rishi Sunak’s plans to force school leavers to do military or voluntary national service has divided his party.

An election address to his constituents in Wycombe, senior minister Steve Baker, whose seat is under threat from Labour, has appeared to criticise the philosophy behind the prime minister’s announcement and distanced himself from it.

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