Could the UK introduce conscription? | BBC News

The future of US support for NATO has never been more uncertain.

With Europe's ability to defend itself thrown into question, conscription has become a hot topic across the continent.

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has promised to ramp up defence spending, but is mandatory military service something he might consider?

General Sir Nick Carter, former chief of the UK's defence staff, weighs in on the state of the British army, and tells Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko how it could increase the number of serving soldiers.

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