The home secretary tells Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips the Tories' plan to reintroduce National Service is to encourage people from different backgrounds, religions, and income levels to mix.
Shadow work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall is next on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, taking aim at the Tory's national service policy pitch.
Young people need the opportunity to have a shot at success, skills and the housing ladder, not to be asked to 'solve the problems in the NHS, the police and the armed services that the Tories themselves have created', she says.Earlier this morning, Home Secretary James Cleverly defended the policy on the grounds of social cohesion.
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