If I can choose ethical banking, why can't I choose ethical taxation? - Kay

I hate having to contribute towards the manufacture and purchase of weapons for killing my brothers of any race or faith. -Joyce

I support conscience because / am pacifist. I am very happy to pay my due taxes, but not for the use in wars and preparations for wars. -Bridget

If I can choose ethical banking, why can't I choose ethical taxation? - Kay

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Conscience: TAXES FOR PEACE NOT WAR works for a world where taxes are used to nurture peace, not pay for war.

We campaign for a progressive increase in the amount of UK tax spent on peacebuilding, and a corresponding decrease in the amount spent on war and preparation for war. We also campaign for the legal right of those with a conscientious objection to war to have the entire military part of their taxes spent on peacebuilding.

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From Brussels to Britain: building the case for a peace budget

Supporters across the UK helped send our two part time members of staff to the 18th International Conference on Conscientious Objection to Military Taxation. We returned with sharper arguments, practical lessons and renewed international relationships for a simple demand: peace needs investment, institutions and political commitment.

Sep 287 min read

Give peace a budget: 40 years of international peace tax campaigning

Since 1986, campaigners from around the world have met to turn a shared moral conviction into practical action. As the movement prepares to gather in Brussels for its 18th conference, we look back at the part Conscience has played – and forward to the next question: what would it mean to give peace a budget?

Jul 295 min read

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