A new report by Amnesty International reveals that the world’s biggest arms companies are failing to undertake adequate human rights due diligence which could prevent their products from being used in potential human rights violations and war crimes.
Almost 3000 people have signed a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, calling on him to sever Church of England ties with the arms industry.
As has been widely reported, BAE Systems is to cut 1,775 jobs at English and Scottish shipyards, with the complete closure of shipbuilding in Portsmouth and the loss of 835 jobs will be lost at yards in Govan and Scotstoun, on the River Clyde in Glasgow, at Rosyth in Fife, and at the firm's Filton office, near Bristol. This is tragic for all negatively impacted.
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.
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.