James Cleverly discusses government's national service plan
Rishi Sunak has said he will introduce a new form of mandatory National Service for young people if the Conservatives win the general election. Home Secretary James Cleverly said there would be no arrest made for young people if they refuse to take part in National Service.
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00:00 Well, what we have seen recently is a fracturing.
00:04 More and more young people particularly, not exclusively, but particularly,
00:10 live in their lives in bubbles, isolated from their peers,
00:13 mixing only with people from similar circles to their own.
00:16 And what we want to do is find a way of bringing people together.
00:20 It's a way of, you know, binding us as a nation, as a society,
00:26 investing in those young people and addressing this worrying trend towards fragmentation.
00:31 How much of it will be volunteering? How much of it will be people asked to be served in the military?
00:36 Well, there will be a military element.
00:38 Around 30,000 people per year will be in the military element of it.
00:42 That will be competitive and that element will be voluntary.
00:46 So no one will be compelled to do the military bit.
00:49 We will of course say everyone has to take part.
00:51 We don't want this to be the preserve of one section of society.
00:55 to take part in it, but no one will be compelled to do the military bit of the service.