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24 Sep 2009

UN agrees to aim for nuclear disarmament

The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously in favour of the need to work towards a world free of nuclear weapons. The vote is seen as a step towards international agreements on reducing nuclear arsenals.
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.
18 Sep 2009

Trident will cost nearly five times predicted price, warns report

New research published by Greenpeace and backed by senior politicians has warned that the cost of replacing the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system will be over £95 billion – in contrast to the roughly £20 billion earmarked by the government.
17 Sep 2009

Warm welcome for Obama's reversal of missile plan

The US President, Barack Obama, has abandoned controversial plans to site a missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic. The decision is likely to ease tensions in the USA’s relations with Russia.
9 Sep 2009

Slash spending on nukes, say voters in new poll

The government's plans to renew the Trident nuclear weapons system have taken another blow with a poll revealing that voters would rather scrap nuclear weapons than see public spending cuts affecting health or education.
11 Jul 2009

Brown accused of inconsistency over nuclear arms

The Prime Minister has been challenged over his allegedly inconsistent approach to nuclear weapons, following an arms reduction agreement between Russia and the USA.
3 Apr 2008

Telling the Story of a Peace Movement: 50 years of CND campaigning

To mark CND turning 50 in 2008, the organisation is collaborating with LSE Archives on a touring exhibition, archives project and this roundtable with History Today to tell the story of the movement f
14 Mar 2008

Christian CND conference: Caring for Creation - All Faiths for Peace, Justice and Sustainability

Speakers include: Dr. Edward Echlin, (Theologian and environmentalist); Michael Meacher MP; Carol Naughton: (WMD Awareness project), Mark Dowd (Operation Noah).
12 Mar 2007

Gorbachev opposes undermining of non-proliferation treaty

The former Soviet president opposes Blair on Trident, as the deputy leader of the UK House of Commons resigns
10 Mar 2007

Ministerial aide resigns over Trident replacement

Scottish MP Jim Devine will now vote against the government and a pro-nuclear bishop is questioned on his views

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