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nuclear weapons

April 8, 2010

Briefing on developments in nuclear arms reduction

The long negotiated follow-on agreement to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) has been completed and signed in Prague today. But what are the details?
April 8, 2010

Greens propose £75 billion savings as big parties fight over 'waste'

Green Party leader Caroline Lucas, will today highlight the cost of replacing Trident as US President Obama and Russian President Medvedev sign a new nuclear arms reduction treaty
April 4, 2010

Scottish church leaders launch Easter push against nuclear weapons

Scotland’s church leaders have launched an Easter message challenging all political parties to scrap Trident nuclear weapons and redirect resources to meet social need.
April 3, 2010

Communion shared at blockade of Faslane nuclear base

Christians have shared communion while participating in a blockade of the Faslane nuclear weapons base in Scotland. It formed part of a Europe-wide day of action.
March 20, 2010

Brown's nuclear speech avoids disarmament commitments

A speech about nuclear arms by the Prime Minister has been described as a “missed opportunity” after he failed to make specific commitments to cutting back the UK government’s nuclear arsenal.
March 8, 2010

Church of Scotland says now is the time to end the nuclear threat

Now is the time for nations to commit to a world free of nuclear weapons, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, is telling political leaders today.
March 5, 2010

Government advisor backs churches' campaign against nuclear proliferation

Baroness Shirley Williams is urging government action on the proliferation of nuclear weapons as one of the greatest threats to the survival of humankind.
February 16, 2010

Trident is an affront to God, say Aldermaston campaigners

Christians have joined with others to issue a “call to repentance” over nuclear weapons. They joined a mass protest at the Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment that saw the gates of the site brought to a virtual standstill.
February 9, 2010

Bishops pledge to join Aldermaston blockade

Four bishops will be amongst the protestors at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Aldermaston, Berkshire next week. Hundreds of people of many faiths and of none are preparing to blockade the site on Monday 15 February.
January 27, 2010

Scottish churches want nuclear weapons ban to be key election issue

Churches in Scotland have launched an initiative at Holyrood seeking to place the abolition of nuclear weapons and the scrapping of the Trident system at the heart of the forthcoming General Election campaign.