Sunak tried to scrap volunteer scheme similar to national service pledge

Funding for the National Citizen Service has been cut by more than two thirds since the last general election

He argued that the National Citizen Service was not good value for money but Boris Johnson stepped in to save the programme,

A source involved in discussions about the future of the programme when Mr Sunak was chancellor said: “We worked very, very hard to stop Rishi abolishing the current National Citizen Service which is now a shadow of what was launched in 2010.

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