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       Defence Secretary John Healey says he could be forced to send his own child to war after son Alex joined the army reserves.

       Alex, who is in his twenties, signed up to become an infantryman following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

       Mr Healey said: “It was very soon after that he came to me and he came to his mum and said, ‘I want to join up. I want to be a reservist.’ That’s what he’s done.”

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       Sir Ben told Radio 4’s Today programme: “What has happened is the leadership that Britain showed right from the start has started to drop back into the sort of pack.”