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Should National Service be brought back?

Fifty years after national service was scrapped, there are calls for it to be brought back.

One MP is proposing that all 18 - 26 year-olds should have to do a year of charitable or military service that could involve care for the elderly or working with the armed forces or emergency services.

The idea is already proving controversial, with thousands signing a petition against it.

Charlie and Louise discussed the idea with Jake Morrison, who at 20, is one of Britain's youngest councillors, and Bob Croxton, a former prisoner, who now works with young people.

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