Conservative plans to bring back mandatory national service are in chaos after a leaked briefing paper suggested teenagers could be arrested for not taking part.Under Rishi Sunak's proposed new programme all 18-year-olds will be forced to take part.
Youngsters would be given a choice between a 12-month full-time placement in the armed forces or spending one weekend a month for a year "volunteering" in their community.
And now it has been revealed that an internal Tory briefing paper on the policy, seen by the Mirror, does not rule out arresting youngsters if they fail to take part.
In a Q&A section of the document, it asks: “Will you arrest people who don’t comply?” The response is: “It is right that those who contribute to our system are duly rewarded, and those who refuse receive none of the benefits.
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