Rather than increasing Trident warheads, we should reduce the stockpile.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

It was reported that the Government plans to increase the number of Trident warheads from 180 to 260. In these difficult economic times it is immoral to be spending money on weapons of mass destruction. We wish the Government to abandon the increase in the nuclear stockpile and instead reduce it.

This represents an escalation of the nuclear stockpile in times when the world should be reducing nuclear weapons. It is the first increase in many years and flies in the face of the concept of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.The money spent on such weapons could be redeployed for the benefit of the British people, for example to give NHS staff the pay rises they deserve which it is said we cannot afford.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Timeline

16 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
23 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Mar 2021

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