Dear friend,
Did you see the news that the government is planning to increase the military budget by an extra £16 billion over the next four years? The Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review, which many of you fed into, will not be reporting until early next year. However, the Government has already found resources to put into military spending.
Only a matter of days ago the Prime Minister was telling us that there wasn’t enough money to feed hungry school students during the holidays, but now he has found an extra £16 billion to add to what was already one of the biggest military budgets in the world.
This increase in military spending is a totally inappropriate response to the COVID pandemic. Together we can fight back against the relentless rhetoric that our prosperity lies with massive military spending. If you don’t already, are you in a position to help us by making a regular donation to fund CAAT’s work?
Can’t commit to a regular donation right now? You can make a one-off donation here or click the following links to spread the word on Twitter or Facebook instead.
As a CAAT supporter, you know that our security is not enhanced by throwing money at the military. It is strengthened by building fairer societies that support the most vulnerable, and by investing in our public services. This is the message we got out to the press yesterday (you can see the coverage of our response at the bottom of this email).
The COVID pandemic has exposed the deep inequalities running throughout the UK and it is essential that the economy is rebuilt. But that should be based on sustainable jobs and industries that can help to create a stronger, greener and safer economy, not through billions of pounds to buy evermore complex and deadly weapon systems.
Together we can keep getting this message out to politicians, the media and anyone else that needs to hear it, for as long as it takes, to end the arms trade once and for all. That’s why, if you can afford it, your long-term support through a regular donation to CAAT is so important. Are you in?
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Thank you for your support,
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Jayde
Campaign Against Arms Trade
P.S. Times are tough for many of us at the moment and we completely understand many people reading this are not in a position to commit to a regular donation right now. Thank you so much for your continued support in whatever form it comes.
Here’s the coverage of CAAT’s response in the press:
The National: Military spending: Campaigners slam Tories' 'inappropriate' £16.5bn MoD boost: https://www.thenational.scot/news/18883303.military-spending-campaigners-slam-tories-inappropriate-16-5bn-mod-boost/?ref=twtrec
Daily Mirror: Boris Johnson promises rockets and lasers for Armed Forces as he vows to end 'era of retreat: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-promises-rockets-lasers-23036570