The United Kingdom is one of only eight countries in the world with nuclear weapons. UK annual spending on such weapons is £7.2bn, the third highest in the world after the US ($35.4bn) and China ($10.4bn). This staggering figure is also increasing due to the decision in 2016 to replace the UK’s current Trident missile …
Yesterday, Labour CND launched a campaign to encourage UK Labour party members to engage with the party’s front bench over their support for recent UK military spending increases. Regarding the £24bn increase announced in November the campaign page states “We think this is unacceptable. Labour’s front bench got it wrong when Keir Starmer backed Boris …
In a statement to the house on Thursday 19th November Boris Johnson committed to significant new spending on the UK’s armed forces: an additional £16.5bn – amounting to a real terms increase of £24bn when combined with the already declared increase of over £7bn by 2024-25. This is a staggering sum to spend on weaponry …
On December 3 (1pm UK Time) GCOMS will be hosting a webinar on Military Spending & Global (In)Security, in order to start a conversation about how current levels of military spending condition our responses to the global emergencies of our time. Speakers include: Michael Klare, Tarja Cronberg Walden Bello and Binalakshmi Nepram.The conference is supported …
