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UK 'not considering conscription,' says senior cabinet member
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March 9, 2025
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15:13Now PlayingCabinet Office minister Pat McFadden has ruled out conscription in the UK but says we "have to recognise that the world has changed".
He says Europe has to "step up in terms of its own defence" but that three years of war in Ukraine has shown "just how fast the battlefield is changing" and "you would not spend that money today on the same things as you would ten years ago".
When asked about where the increased defence spending will come from, Mr McFadden says "the state has to reform", and "there could be" cuts to the civil service headcount.
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