NATO members account for 55% of total global military spending, amounting to $1.5 trillion. That is 4.5 and 10 times what China and Russia spend, respectively. How much more should NATO spend to deter its ‘rivals’? Data by SIPRI #GDAMS demilitarize.org/media_news/the…

Cambridge CND public meeting last Wednesday on theme ‘NATO and nuclear bombs: friend or foe?’ Great speakers included Carol Turner of CND; Chris Nineham of Stop the War; Simon Brignell of UNITE Engineering, Cambridgeshire; and Roger McKenzie of the Morning Star newspaper.

Welfare not warfare! Where has this £1.5bn come from? Defence review to send 'message to Moscow' – Healey - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The #StrategicDefenceReview plans to pour billions more into deadly nuclear weapons production - increasing nuclear threats, thrashing international obligations, and making the population poorer. We need to end this war drive! Full statement: cnduk.org/24631-2/

I don't want the UK to be ready for war, I want us to have functioning hospitals. I don't want the UK to be ready for war, I want us to have well funded schools. I don't want the UK to be ready for war, I want us to have an effective and compassionate welfare system.

Defence plan will ensure UK is ready for war, minister says - BBC News ‘The government will invest billions of pounds to move the UK to "war-fighting readiness" Starmer’s popularity is on the floor. Let’s have a war! Thatcher and the Falklands? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

You can read a copy of the #AlternativeDefenceReview on our website: cnduk.org/ADR/

Why always money for war? Because the British government does not serve you. With this 'Strategic Defense Review' It serves: 1. US international interests 2. Weapons manufacturers Citizens are a subsequent afterthought.

Last weekend Plymouth CND lobbied local MP and Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard MP about Devonport Dockyard's role in maintaining Britain's nuclear fleet. They’re back with CND members from across the region next Saturday 7 June Join the protest! Details at

UK government’s #StrategicDefeneReview is a path to rearmament and war #AlternativeDefenceReview defends people peace and planet. Read about it here and download the report cnduk.org/ADR/ #WelfareNotWarfare #StopRearmEurope

We're here outside Devonport Dockyard, where Britain's nuclear subs are maintained, calling on the government to rethink its decision to spend billions of pounds on deadly weapons of war rather than our crumbling public services. #nuclearweapons #welfarenotwarfare

Whose interests should come first, deadly nuclear submarines or the people of Plymouth? Luke Pollard MP, use your voice in government to put an end to the nuclear dangers in your constituency and to instead invest into the local community! #peacenotnukes #welfarenotwarfare

From the Eastern Daily Press. At the same time as cutting benefits for people with disability we are buying new jets to carry US nuclear bombs, the U.K. a taxi service for the USA. edp24.co.uk/newsletters/bu…

These new planes will be based in Norfolk. They will carry US nuclear bombs but the people of the U.K. will pay for them. And we will at the same time cut benefits for people with disability.

The bombs are under the control of the US President! How and why is Britain obtaining access to nuclear gravity bombs? | Nuclear weapons | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

Looking at the disastrous results of previous military interventions in the Middle East, Carol Turner considers what might follow the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament call for the re-establishment of nuclear inspection and a return to talks. labouroutlook.org/2025/06/23/no-…

The UK just announced billions more for the military. No market panic. No emergency budget. No cries of “how will we pay for it?” Because when the rich benefit, the media stays silent. But help the poor survive? Now that’s a “problem.” #WelfareNotWarfare

Cambridge CND in the Market Square support the demand ‘welfare not warfare!’

Protest against the massive expansion of Britain's nuclear weapons programme at RAF Marham earlier today. We must resist the government's cuts to welfare and public services to pay for rearmament without any public consultation or parliamentary debate!