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  • 23 Sep 2009
    Brown cuts nuclear submarines as pressure grows to scrap Trident

    The Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to respond to growing public pressure by announcing a cut in the number of Trident nuclear submarines from four to three. Campaigners welcomed the news but insisted that the cuts must go further.

  • 24 Jul 2009
    Jobs figures reveal reality of arms trade economics

    Claims about the economic benefits of the arms industry have been grossly exaggerated, according to evidence highlighted by the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT). They are challenging the argument that the industry is good for British jobs.

  • 7 May 2009
    Arms company bosses embarrassed at AGM

    The board of multinational arms firm BAE Systems struggled to cope with a string of embarrassing questions at their Annual General Meeting in London yesterday (6th May).

  • 28 Feb 2009
    “Big Bang” event is arms company PR not science education, say critics

    Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR) and Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) have jointly condemned the sponsorship of a youth science event by the UK's largest arms company - saying it promotes weapons sales.

  • 10 Nov 2008
    Government urged to end 'uncivil service'

    The government unit responsible for promoting British exports, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), is facing calls for an end to its role in the arms trade, as activists launch a new campaign to keep up pressure on the suthorities.

  • 6 Jul 2008
    Campaigners confident as arms corruption appeal begins in Lords

    Campaigners have said they are confident that an appeal to the House of Lords this week, by a Government agency concerning corruption in the arms trade, will fail.

  • 3 Jun 2008
    UK arms companies face a week of protest and prayer

    Arms companies are facing a week of protests across the UK after a year of increasing public opposition to the arms trade. Stop the Arms Trade Week is underway and runs until 8 June 2008 - involving people of all faiths and none.

  • 10 Apr 2008
    Court rules Government's termination of BAE investigation unlawful

    The High Court this morning ruled that the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) acted unlawfully when he stopped a corruption investigation into BAE Systems' arms deals with Saudi Arabia.

  • 15 Feb 2008
    Arms giant BAE lobbied Fraud Office to stop investigation

    Britain’s biggest arms company wrote to the Attorney General on a "strictly private and confidential" basis urging him to halt the Serious Fraud Office investigation into allegations that it had bribed Saudi officials to secure an arms deal.

  • 30 Jan 2008
    UK arms giant accused of wasting taxpayers' money

    The giant arms company BAE Systems is so far over budget with two of its latest projects that they will cost UK taxpayers £2.2 billion more than expected, a government report acknowledges. Peace campaigners say it is a scandal.