BRITAIN must “move away” from wars “full stop,” anti-war campaigners urged today after MPs and peers called for an end to reliance on US defence and security.

Parliament’s joint committee on the national security strategy (JCNSS) said Britain should continue to collaborate with the US “where practical,” but warned the government should prepare for a “worst-case scenario” in which Europe could no longer rely on US support in a crisis.

Instead, the JCNSS said Britain should plan to transition to a more European-led Nato and “move away from a bilateral relationship with the United States that is so dependent on the latter.”

Britain currently relies on US support in several key military areas, including maintenance of its Trident nuclear missiles, intelligence sharing and major projects such as the F35 fighter jet and Aukus submarine deal with Australia.

The JCNSS said recent comments by US President Donald Trump had shown “demonstrable areas of tension” in British-US relations that could “compromise the reliability of these dependencies.”

As well as creating a more European-focused Nato, the committee recommended the government pursue stronger relations with “middle powers” such as Australia, India and Canada.

But a Stop the War Coalition spokeswoman said: “Britain should move away from endless wars and more arms spending full stop.

“Security for working-class people both here and abroad should never be a choice between reliance on the US or Nato but, instead, between spending on decent housing, education, our NHS and other public services or ploughing it into grotesque militarism. “

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament general secretary Sophie Bolt said: “Britain should sever its sordid military ties with the US, which in the last few years alone have seen British bases used to assist Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, launch illegal attacks on Iran, and host US nuclear bombs which make us a target in Trump’s illegal wars.

“However, a more European-led Nato, which ultimately serves US interests, is not the answer — it will continue to be underpinned by either US or European nuclear weapons and force members to increase military spending while making its populations poorer.

“We need a new, non-militarised security architecture for Europe, Britain and the whole world that puts people, peace, and the climate at its forefront.”

The government said that national security “is our first duty” and has “delivered the biggest sustained investment in defence since the Cold War.”