We are approaching a period when campaigners around the world will be contributing to the debate on Military Spending through the ‘Global Days of Action on Military Spending’. Quakers, through Northern Friends Peace Board and Quaker Peace & Social Witness, are part of the UK working group on this. NFPB have set up a short ...
We are living in a more and more dangerous world. The war in Ukraine is a disaster for the people there and effectively pits two nuclear armed great powers against each other. It could escalate at any time and is already causing economic chaos. Meanwhile, the US is ramping up the pressure on China, with ...
As we approach the third budget statement in as many months on the 17th of November, public spending cuts are again on the agenda. Yet even after the biggest increases in military spending in a generation during this Parliament, the UK Defence Minister is discussing a further £52bn increase in the midst of a desperate ...
