A paper in response to Ministerial briefings to the Parliamentary Labour Party outlining criticism of the intention to replace the Trident nuclear weapons programme.
It argues that the UK government has failed to allow sufficient time for a debate on the issue, and questions the need for an immediate decision to be made.
It argues that replacing Trident contradicts the UK’s treaty obligations, and will increase the chances of nuclear proliferation, as well as being hugely costly.
It outlines why arguments concerning the programme’s supposed role in job creation are misplaced, and also presents evidence that the programme is not truly independent being largely dependent on US co-operation.