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Under bonkers plans being drawn up by the Tories, all 18-year-olds will have to choose between joining the military full time for a year or volunteering for jobs like building flood defences
Rishi Sunak is campaigning in his Yorkshire constituency on Saturday.
Rishi Sunak says he will introduce a new form of mandatory National Service for 18-year-olds if the Conservatives win the general election - but Labour says the "desperate" pledge is "only needed because the Tories hollowed out the armed forces to their smallest size since Napoleon".
Rishi Sunak has said he avoided catching pneumonia after getting wet while speaking outside 10 Downing Street but admitted to constituents he was not sure what state his suit was in.
The prime minister quipped that he has been "given umbrellas" over the last few days, but stood by his decision to make the speech in the rain.