The UK government has said it won't bring back conscription, the only times it has been brought in were due to world wars ...

Fears of a major conflict across Europe as a result of Russian aggression have prompted discussions around conscription in ...

The Prime Minister has been urged to think about reintroducing conscription by former British Army commanders as the global ...

The UK government has dismissed a NATO ally’s suggestion that European countries should introduce conscription. Latvian President, Edgars Rinkevics, said his European neighbours should ‘absolutely’ ...

This happens to be the lowest number since the Napoleonic wars. One of the proposed solutions to the Putin threat is the ...

Conscription - aka mandatory military service - was last used in the UK in 1960, but with mounting tensions worldwide, there has been talk of boosting Britain’s military numbers, especially if ...

Military experts and analysts have sounded alarms over this apparent indifference, which they warn could have dire ...

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said 'Europe does have to step up in terms of its own defence' but that the UK was not considering conscription to boost its armed forces ...

The UK is not considering introducing conscription to ready the country for a potential war - but decisions may be needed in the future to respond to the "new reality" we are now living in ...

Keir Starmer has been urged to consider reintroducing conscription by former British Army commanders as the Ukraine crisis ...