Stop the War Coalition

June 11 - Healey resigns a week before Makerfield by election June 18 - Burnham wins Makerfield June 22 - Starmer says he'll resign July 20 - Burnham becomes PM, appoints Healey as Chancellor July 21 - Healey reverses Reeves block on arms bank July 22 - Burnham goes to arms fair

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Newly appointed Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has taken tens of thousands of pounds from donors with links to arms firms and controversial US tech firm Palantir, The National can reveal👇 thenational.scot/news/26401765.…

There’s been a disturbing escalation of attacks on the right to peaceful protest. If Burnham is truly sorry about Labour's position on Gaza, he must reverse them If you missed @ChrisNineham and @BenJamal48 writing for @zeteouk we reproduce it here 🔽

To hand the Treasury purse strings to a man who demanded a £197bn increase in arms and nuclear weapons spending demonstrates beyond doubt that the military industrial complex is in charge of Andy Burnham’s economic policy Our response with @CNDuk to new PM's cabinet choices

❗️We must urgently build pressure on the new administration in No10 to give back Venezuela's gold for vital reconstruction efforts. Thanks to @STWuk's Andrew Murray for supporting this campaign. 👉 Add your support here: change.org/givebackthegold

At least someone takes their international legal obligations seriously, and tries to arrest a suspected war criminal. The British government should take them seriously too. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

Spend our taxes on welfare, not warfare, demand a ceasefire and peace negotiations in the Russia/Ukraine war and for an end to the US illegal war on Iran, and name Israel’s actions in Gaza what they are – a genocide Our statement with @CNDuk front page @M_Star_Online

The plot thickens: Healey is reported to support Carney's plan for a bank for arms spending. Opposed by Reeves, this is debt-funding a military build up without it being "on the books" of specific countries. It's similar to the "collateralized debt" that led to the 2008 crash.

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham has approved the use of British military bases by the US for what the UK calls defensive strikes against Iran, in a continuation of Keir Starmer’s policy even as Trump ramps up his war. Starmer chaired a COBR meeting on Friday to discuss UK policy following the resumption of US operations and amid fears of an escalating conflict. Ministers at that meeting decided to continue the existing policy that bases at Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford could be used by US planes countering the Iranian missile threat and sites used to target the Strait of Hormuz, sources say. Burnham, who became PM on Monday, was informed of the discussion and agreed with the decision taken, sources say. He will continue the previous government’s policy when it comes to approving UK bases for so-called defensive US strikes, they say. It means British bases are likely to be used for some of the current round of American operations. The decision emerges after the 10th day of renewed US action. US Central Command said it targeted Iranian military command centers, launch sites and air defences overnight. British officials have nonetheless been concerned about Trump’s threats to strike bridges and power plants. It is likely to provoke criticism from left-wing Labour MPs, the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats who have argued use of the bases makes the UK complicit in war crimes. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Tomorrow's front page: Cabinet focus on war over welfare – Relief for soaring energy bills but activists fear Healey in No 11 Subscribe to the Morning Star newspaper: morningstaronline.co.uk/subscribe

As the world hurtles into endless wars and continents burn, we are appalled by some of the new British prime minister Andy Burnham’s choices for his cabinet StW and @CNDuk joint statement on Burnham putting the military industrial complex in charge of economic policy [🧵]

Full statement: stopwar.org.uk/article/burnha…

Over 52k people have now watched the video about Michael Rosen's @MichaelRosenYes poem 'Don't Mention The Children' Arresting people for reading poetry is a slippery slope to the 1930s. #Palestine #Poetry

I’d say Ed Miliband’s opposition to the bombing of Syria was his singular achievement. Except that it was really a win for the British anti-war movement (which we are often told never stoped a war).

"We have marched in rage, in disbelief and in love, in hope and in solidarity. We have grown into the largest and longest-running mass protest movement in British history..." Check out the full article written by one of our Vice Chairs👇 tribunemag.co.uk/2026/07/burnha…

Burnham cabinet puts arms dealers and generals at heart of economic policy. Joint statement from CND and @STWuk: cnduk.org/burnham-cabine…