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Grant Shapps

New Defence Secretary urged to ditch predecessor's failed policies

Grant Shapps has been urged to end military support for regimes such as Saudi Arabia and cancel the upcoming London arms fair.

Yurii Sheliazhenko in front of a peace poster

British peace activists condemn charges against leading Ukrainian pacifist

British pacifists have said that charges brought against a leading Ukrainian pacifist are ludicrous, untrue and politically motivated.

People holding placards reading 'No Pride in War'

Sunak's apology to LGBT veterans is meainingless while he arms homophobic regimes

British pacifists have said that the UK goverment and its armed forces remain complicit in homophobic persecution.

Four people forming part of a peace protest in Falmouth

Armed Forces Day divides community as police flip-flop over right to protest

The Armed Forces Day National Event divided people in Falmouth today as the town saw protests, graffiti and questions over freedom to protest.

A soldier watches as a small child sits at the controls of a machine gun.

Child safety fears over Armed Forces Day as kids invited to handle weapons

Concerned parents have raised the alarm over “family” events for Armed Forces Day tomorrow,

Welsh flag

Welsh resistance to militarism on the rise as new network launched

A new campaigning network is preparing to map militarism in Wales and bring people together to challenge it.

Poster for the Object War campaign, supporting Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian conscientious objectors

Russians who refuse to fight should gain asylum in the UK, say pacifists

On International Conscientious Objectors' Day, Rishi Sunak has been urged to offer asylum to Russians who refuse to be part of the war in Ukraine.

A white poppy and a red poppy

British Legion follow white poppy example and make red poppies plastic-free

White poppy wearers have welcomed plans to make red poppies recyclable, while urging the British Legion to recognise the link between climate change and war.

PPU members and NEU delegates at the NEU conference

Pacifists meet teachers' union members as military spending trumps funding for schools

The Peace Pledge Union has backed teachers who are challenging a rise in military spending while education is desperately underfunded.

Russians protesting against war in Ukraine

British pacifists offer solidarity to threatened Russian anti-war activists

British peace activists have warned that the Putin regime may use the Tatarsky killing as an excuse to arrest Russian opponents of the war in Ukraine.

Jeremy Hunt

Hunt accused of twisted priorities with spiralling ‘defence’ budget

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been accused of wasting billions on a sky-high ‘defence’ budget, while failing to adequately address the threats posed by climate change and the cost-of-living crisis. 

UK nuclear submarine

Government's Defence Review only exacerbates the threats we face

Campaigners have condemned the government’s Integrated Review Refresh 2023, calling it a “wasted opportunity to address the security threats we face.” 

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