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March 13, 2015

Faith leaders' appeal to government on a nuclear weapons-free world

Today (13 March 2015) 26 senior figures from various faith groups published a letter in The Times newspaper calling on the UK government to join with others “to develop a robust plan of action that will lead us to a world free of nuclear weapons”. Steve Hucklesby, Policy Adviser for the Joint Public Issues Team of the Free Churches, provides the background to this initiative.
March 9, 2015

Catalogue of failings' puts construction of nuclear bomb facility on hold

CND has criticised spiralling costs and ‘catastrophic’ errors during construction of the Ministry of Defence’s £634 million flagship nuclear weapons facility.
January 30, 2015

Commons debate highlights damaging existing impact of nuclear weapons

Though the recent cross-party attempt to gain a House of Commons vote against the £100 billion renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system was defeated by the Conservative-led Government, with support from a number of Labour MPs, important points were put on the record about the humanitarian and environmental impact of these WMDs.
January 22, 2015

MPs accused of putting 'nuclear weapons before public services'

Westminster politicians have rejected a motion calling on the goverment not to renew the Trident nuclear weapons system.
January 4, 2015

Edinburgh meeting on latest initiatives against nuclear weapons

Two prominent US disarmament campaigners will give a talk in Edinburgh on Monday 5 January 2015 on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons.
December 20, 2014

Momentum builds for ban on nuclear weapons

After the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons and two earlier conferences, 44 states present call for a ban on nuclear weapons.
December 19, 2014

Call from Quakers for global treaty to ban nuclear weapons

Quakers in Britain are calling on politicians to find the moral courage and political leadership to work for a nuclear ban treaty.
November 9, 2014

CND welcomes US attendance at landmark nuclear weapons conference

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has welcomed the United States’ decision to join the majority of the world’s states at a landmark conference on nuclear weapons next month.
November 9, 2014

CND welcomes US attendance at landmark nuclear weapons conference

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has welcomed the United States’ decision to join the majority of the world’s states at a landmark conference on nuclear weapons next month.
October 3, 2014

Cameron's 'localism' policies have reduced local power, say researchers

As the UK Prime Minister promises greater devolved powers within Britain, researchers have warned that Mr Cameron's track record makes such promises difficult to beileve.