The Taxes for Peace Bill was given its first reading in the House of Commons earlier this week.

Ruth Cadbury, MP for Brentford and Isleworth, and a Quaker, introduced the Income Tax (Non-Military Expenditure) Bill under a Ten Minute Rule motion.

The Bill would allow people to stop paying for war and weapons.

It is not an exemption from paying taxes – it aims to get the appropriate percentage of income taxes redirected away from military spending and towards conflict prevention programmes sponsored by the government.