Quakers warn UK government’s defence review misses key security issues

Posted: 4th October 2024

The UK government’s narrowly focused defence review ignores vital non-military solutions for a safer UK and world, Quakers warned this week, photo credit: Blatniczky, CC via Wikimedia Commons

Responding to the government’s Strategic Defence Review, Quakers in Britain said that without a wider security review, climate finance, peacebuilding and other issues could be overlooked.

And they criticised the removal of key issues from the review, including plans to raise military spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP and discussion around the UK’s nuclear weapons programme.

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