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Only 22% of under-35s say serving in the military in a crisis matters

Only 22% of under-35s say serving in the military in a crisis matters

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The British Social Attitudes survey, Britain's longest-running study of public opinion, asked 4,656 people over 16 about military service. Some 45% of those aged 55 and over rated serving in a crisis as highly important, roughly double the under-35s. Meanwhile a record 56% of all Britons now want more spent on defence, the first outright majority in the survey's four decades.

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