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 2026: Huge increases in military spending come at the expense of the most vulnerable
Dr Stuart Parkinson is a Steering Group member of the UK branch of the Global Campaign on Military Spending (GCOMS-UK) and Executive Director of Scientists for…
GCOMS UK Budget preview: Chancellor set to ignore priorities to further hike military spending
A look ahead to what we might expect from the Chancellor
Richard Burgon MP: Challenging the Push for Ever-Higher Military Spending
Richard Burgon speaks 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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