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Labour in government would halt all arms sales to Saudi Arabia, delegates decide unanimously
Andrew Smith, spokesperson for Campaign Against Arms Trade, speaks to the media outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London, after they won a landmark legal challenge at the Court of Appeal over the government's decision to continue to allow arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
LABOUR delegates have unanimously backed demands that the party in government would completely halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
Delegates at the party’s annual conference in Brighton welcomed the UN's call for a ceasefire to the conflict, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people in Yemen.
It said that the next Labour government must show “commitment” to stopping arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
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