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
Defence is the one public budget we dare not question – will Andy Burnham break this cycle?
Any boost for the military will be paid for by cuts elsewhere. Britain’s new PM should be careful he is not being sold a pup
The Business of War: Who Really Benefits From Britain’s Planned Military Spending Surge?
Iain Overton writes for The Byline Times
Government publishes long awaited Defence Investment Plan
Billions more pledged to the military with cuts to almost every other department
CND CALLS FOR NEW DIRECTION AS DEFENCE SECRETARY RESIGNS AMID MILITARY SPENDING ROW
Following the resignation of John Healey as Defence Secretary, CND is calling for the government to take a new direction – away from the disastrous…
Infrastructure cuts to pay for defence will cost UK 10,000 jobs, analysis shows
Findings cast doubt on Keir Starmer’s claims that reallocation of funds to MoD will boost British jobs
GCOMS-UK AGM 2025
The future of military spending in the UK
Speaker:
Prof Ron Smith – Birkbeck University of London
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