Socialist Alliance: Cut military spending to address housing,

Socialist Alliance: Cut military spending to address housing,

Socialist Alliance is calling for a 50% cut in military expenditure and use the $28 billion to address the urgent housing, cost-of-living and climate crises, argues Peter Boyle.

UK set to improve military housing

The UK government is set to publish new plans to improve housing for military personnel and their families following the buy-back of 36,000 forces homes earlier this year, according to Defence Secretary John Healey. During Defence Questions in the House of Commons, Healey criticised the 1996 sale of military family homes under the previous Conservative government, calling it “probably the worst privatisation ever”. “The Government were paying £6…