Budget cuts and Trident funding

Posted: 19th March 2016

A newsletter from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Austerity continues as Trident spending rises

Chancellor George Osborne used his Budget today to announce his latest rounds of cuts to our vital services. This means:

• cuts to welfare for disabled people;
• cuts pensions for nurses and teachers;
• cuts to local government funding.

There’s one cut we wouldn’t have minded the Chancellor announcing. Spending on Trident has increased by almost £20 billion in the past six months as the Government continues its obsession with wasting money on an outdated weapon of mass destruction.

Our message to the Government is clear. Stop Trident – an illegal, immoral and militarily useless weapon of mass destruction.

What can you do?

If you disagree with Osborne and the Tory government’s pursuit of nuclear weapons at the cost of support for the disabled, pensioners and Local Government make your feelings known:

• Write to your MP to tell them you want to stop Trident replacement. You can contact your MP using the CND website
• Tweet your support for the #StopTrident campaign, perhaps using some of the facts above
• Join our People not Trident bloc at the People’s Assembly demonstration on Saturday, April 16th