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  • 23 Apr 2013
    Protest targets drones operations centre at RAF Waddington

    Campaigners are calling on the government to stop using unmanned aerial vehicles or 'drones', as Britain prepares to start controlling them from a domestic base.

  • 13 Dec 2012
    CND welcomes report on Trident and employment in Barrow

    The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has welcomed the findings of a "timely and significant" report into the Trident Alternatives Review and the future of Barrow.

  • 13 May 2011
    Privatising higher education

    Earlier this week, the universities minister David Willetts rushed to deny suggestions that the government would allow elite universities to sell off super-expensive extra places to wealthy students. But the furore led to another proposal receiving very little attention - the suggestion that private companies and charities should be allowed to fund their own university places.

  • 21 Dec 2010
    Judge says BAE appears to have benefited from corrupt payments

    In a groundbreaking development, a judge in London has insisted that arms giant BAE Systems appears to have benefited from corrupt payments in Tanzania.

  • 20 Sep 2010
    Arms companies under fire over 'science fiction' weapons

    Arms companies including BAE Systems are facing sharp criticism for the growth of robotic weapons that allow operators to kill people thousands of miles away.

  • 9 Sep 2010
    Job cuts undermine BAE's economic claims

    Arms firm BAE is facing embarrassment after announcing the loss of 1,000 jobs. BAE had defended a recent arms deal with India by saying it would protect UK jobs.

  • 17 Apr 2010
    The threats of Liam Fox

    The Tory Shadow Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, has today attacked Nick Clegg's criticism of the Trident nuclear weapons system, insisting that Trident renewal is necessary because the country faces “real threats”. He is right that Britain faces real threats – he just hasn't explained how Trident would be useful against any of them.

  • 2 Mar 2010
    High Court halts Fraud Office corruption settlement with arms giant

    The High Court has granted an injunction prohibiting the director of the Serious Fraud Office from taking any further steps in its plea bargain settlement with BAE Systems.

  • 2 Mar 2010
    Help CAAT following their injunction against BAE

    Yesterday, the High Court granted our friends at Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) an injunction against BAe (one of my co-directors at Ekklesia, Symon Hill, came to us from CAAT and was involved in

  • 6 Nov 2009
    Reducing poverty means fighting corruption, say global faith leaders

    Over 100 faith leaders have written to the United Nations Secretary-General ahead of a crucial international meeting on corruption. They insist that corruption is underming attempts to reduce global poverty.