ALT Graphic with CND logo and image of John Healey and Keir Starmer outside the BAE Shipyard in Barrow. Text below image reads: CND calls for new directions as Defecnce Sec resigns amid spending row

ALT CND CALLS FOR NEW DIRECTION AS DEFENCE SECRETARY RESIGNS AMID MILITARY SPENDING ROW Following the resignation of John Healey as Defence Secretary, CND is calling for the government to take a new direction - away from the disastrous war drive and nuclear expansion which is making the world more dangerous and the population poorer - towards action to tackle the urgent security threats we face - from the looming global recession to climate breakdown. Healey's resignation comes amid arguments between the Ministry of Defence and the Treasury over the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan – a multi-billion hike to military spending that would be funded by deep cuts to public services, including new hospital building programmes, transport, and climate action. Amongst the weapons programmes they want to fund are 12 nuclear-capable F-35A fighter jets from the US, that launch US nuclear bombs. Healey argues increasing military spending will keep us safe. But the government's war drive has

ALT Graphic with red background and headline from the Telegraph newspaper reading Nuclear jets at risk in defence spending plan. Starmer could adandon purchase of stealth fighters amid funding row between MoD and Treasury

ALT 4. Defence international law - Stop breach of NPT A legal opinion makes clear that buying these F-35As puts Britain in breach of its international obligations. Under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Britain has committed to take steps to reduce its nuclear arsenal . Instead, it is modernising and increasing its nuclear weapons. This is what is driving the threat of more countries getting nuclear weapons.