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Author: Steve Barwick

24 April 202525 April 2025 Steve Barwick

The Case for Parliament to Scrutinise the UK’s Nuclear Weapons Programme

Increased UK military spending is in the political spotlight but the huge and increasing proportion that is spent on nuclear weapons is not. Steve Barwick and Tim Street make a compelling and urgent case for much greater scrutiny of the UK nuclear weapons programme by Parliamentary Committees.

21 October 202418 October 2024 Steve Barwick

SDR: What should the Strategic Defence Review say about nuclear disarmament?  

In an age of increasing insecurity, Steve Barwick of NET argues that the Strategic Defence Review should prioritise diplomatic avenues for conflict prevention and resolution, and explain how the UK will work to revive arms control and disarmament to reduce the threat of nuclear conflict.

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Main image credits: Fruit seller in Hebron by Chloe Skinner. Royal Navy nuclear-armed submarine HMS Vanguard returns to HMNB Clyde, Scotland, November 2009, Defence Images (MoD) via Flickr. Woman sitting on the ruins of her house destroyed by Israel in Masafer Yatta, January 2023, via Wikipedia.

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