Whose priorities?
Use the survey questions and ideas here to get talking to people in your community, friends and colleagues about government spending priorities and arms trade jobs.
The drastic cuts to public services pose big questions about where our society's priorities lie. The new Prime Minister has told us that the cuts will affect the country's "whole way of life" for decades to come, yet the Government has indicated that the Defence budget will be less affected than that of most other departments and it has stated it is determined to support arms exports.
Now is the time to engage the public in the campaign to end the massive support arms companies get from the taxpayer! CAAT has designed a simple survey to help you get talking and changing perceptions of the arms trade.
The survey asks simple questions such as: "Arms represent 1.5% of what the UK exports. What percentage of the government's support for exports should they receive?" (It's pretty unlikely any sensible person would wish to see current levels of support, which are 53% of the staff at the export promotions unit, UK Trade & Investment).
With many of us already seeing the impact of the cuts in our communities, the survey should be a useful tool to engage people in our campaign. By press releasing the results of the survey you could reach even more people through your local paper too.
How to use the survey
1. Take part and help CAAT make the case that people's voices not corporate interests influence decisions about cuts.
2. Email the link to your friends and colleagues or post it on Facebook: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Y8ZXNFP
3. Order copies of the survey and materials for a stall from the CAAT office and quiz the public!
Download and print the
survey as a PDF file(47k)
Download and print this draft press release(27k) to publicise the results of your survey.
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