We need to talk about UK Military Spending
Despite the cost of living crisis and over a decade of underfunded public services:
£62.2bn in core military spending in 2025/26
Billions more to be spent on the military every year
Welfare cuts pushing thousands into poverty
Cuts to international development budgets
Time to change direction?
Latest news
Budget confirms that huge rises in military spending are damaging action to tackle povertyand environmental crises
Dr Stuart Parkinson with his look at the Budget figures
THE UK’S £1 BILLION THANK YOU TO UNCLE SAM
The UK is set to buy a fleet of US fighter jets that can drop nuclear bombs. The purchase is purely political, say watchdogs
The ticking bomb of European rearmament
New battle lines will be drawn – not only between nations, but between the mass of citizens on the one hand and the political elites and arms manufacturers on the other
Soaring Global Military Spending Is Sidelining the SDGs
Sam Perlo-Freeman writes for The Global Observatory
GCOMS-UK at Labour Party Conference
A report back from Liverpool as we take our message to delegates at Labour Party Conference.
GCOMS-UK AGM 2025
The future of military spending in the UK
Speaker:
Prof Ron Smith – Birkbeck University of London
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