Youth groups call for social action ‘national service’

Prime minister urged to launch full-time civic duty scheme for those under 30Theresa May is facing calls to imbue a new generation with a sense of civic duty with a programme that would see the young pitch in to help struggling students, care homes, charities and hospitals.Almost 60 years since national service was brought to an end, a group of 18 charities, businesses and youth organisations has proposed a new programme of voluntary “full-time social action” for those under 30 as a