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  • 30 Jul 2010
    Future of Trident in doubt as ministers row over budget

    The Ministry of Defence (MoD) must pay the entire cost of renewing the Trident nuclear weapons system, the government confirmed today. This increases the chances of Trident renewal being delayed or scrapped as nuclear weapons have previously been funded by the Treasury.

  • 22 Jul 2010
    Amnesty welcomes Home Secretary's promise on domestic violence

    Amnesty has welcomed a UK government extension of the pilot scheme offering assistance to women with insecure immigration status who are victims of violence.

  • 22 Jul 2010
    Theology departments under threat from funding cuts

    Students and lecturers are warning that theology and religious studies departments in British universities could be under threat due to cuts in higher education funding. Bangor University will this year accept new theology students for the last time, while staff at Birmingham have warned that they will consider strike action to resist compulsory redundancies.

  • 15 Jul 2010
    Unions sceptical about Cable's university funding plans

    The Business Secretary, Vince Cable has triggered a mixed reaction after saying that university students will “almost certainly” have to pay more towards their education, in contrast to the Liberal Democrats' previous approach.

  • 14 Jul 2010
    Government reveals details of anti-terrorism review

    Britain has a “once in a generation” opportunity to reform counter-terrorism measures, according to the civil rights organisation Liberty. They welcomed an invitation from government to participate in a review of anti-terrorism legislation.

  • 9 Jul 2010
    Government ditches stop-and-search law used against peaceful activists

    Campaigners have welcomed the government's decision to scrap the controversial Section 44 of the Terrorism Act, which allowed the police to stop and search anyone, without requiring "reasonable suspicion".

  • 6 Jul 2010
    Review of Trident costs to be rushed through in weeks

    The Defence Secretary has admitted that the “value-for-money” review of Trident will be completed by the end of July, provoking suspicion that he is only going through the motions.

  • 28 Jun 2010
    Benefit cuts and cheap headlines

    Around the time that Norman Tebbit made his famous comments about unemployed people getting on their bikes, my father was doing just that.

  • 27 Jun 2010
    Cutting services, funding war

    David Cameron has tried to use Armed Forces Day to whip up support for the unpopular war in Afghanistan, but the ruinous cost of ineffective military spending is clearly at odds with his government's rhetoric about the urgent need for cuts.

  • 25 Jun 2010
    Government 'not embarrassed' about supporting arms dealers, says minister

    Defence minister Peter Luff has drawn sharp criticism after declaring that the government will have no "embarrassment" about promoting sales for private arms companies.