Under the proposed plan, which would come into effect if Mr Sunak's Conservative Party wins the UK general election, 18-year-olds would either join the military full-time for a year or volunteer one weekend a month in community services.
The UK Conservative Party says it will bring back mandatory national service if it wins the general election on July 4.
The national service would require 18-year-olds to either join the military full-time or volunteer one weekend a month in community service. The Conservative Party said the national service would also help divert at-risk young people away from "lives of unemployment and crime", and provide "valuable work experience".
"This is not a plan – it's a review which could cost billions and is only needed because the Tories hollowed out the armed forces to their smallest size since Napoleon," the spokesperson said.
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