Former defence minister voiced support for national service plan

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The claim that a “former defence secretary” has criticised the plan is based on part of a social media post written by another user which Ben Wallace, who led the Ministry of Defence between 2019 and 2023, shared to his followers on X, formerly Twitter. The post contained a view that national service may not go ahead in the UK, but was a “mainstream idea in many parts of Europe”. In Labour’s video, the second part of the tweet was blurred out.

Reviewed by PA Media ↗ · May 30, 2024