WILPF, open letter, #FundHealthcareNotWarfare,Covid-19 is a deadly reminder that armed force cannot make us safe.

Nineteen charities and NGOs have called for the billions of pounds currently spent on the UK’s armed force to be used instead to tackle Covid-19 and related problems.

In an open letter, they said that ‘defence’ and ‘security’ must not be allowed to be euphemisms for war.

And they have called for the money allocated to ‘defence’ to be spent on measures that really defend people, including protection from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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