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  • September 22, 2010
    Replacing Trident will cost thousands of jobs, says report

    If the government replaces the Trident nuclear weapons system it will be at the expense of thousands of manufacturing jobs, says a peace NGO.

  • August 1, 2010
    Hiroshima survivor opens London exhibition on effects of nuclear arms

    A survivor of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima has urged an audience in London to tackle the root causes of war, marking the sixty-fifth anniversary of the bombing.

  • July 30, 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.

  • July 6, 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.

  • June 24, 2010
    Lib Dem minister rules out alternatives to Trident

    The Lib Dem defence minister, Nick Harvey, has confirmed that the coalition government will go ahead with like-for-like replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system without considering alternatives.

  • June 10, 2010
    Lib Dem MPs vote 'against own policy' on Trident

    The Liberal Democrats have been accused of voting “against their own policy” after opposing a motion to include the Trident nuclear weapons system in the Strategic Defence Review.

  • June 2, 2010
    New MPs unite to lobby coalition over nuclear arms

    The coalition government will come under pressure on nuclear weapons today, as a number of new MPs from different parties visit Downing Street to call for government action on disarmament.

  • May 22, 2010
    Ministers urged to include Trident in Defence Review

    Pressure is growing on defence ministers, who appear to have ruled out including Trident in their strategic review. The Lib Dems have been accused of accepting Tory policy on the issue.

  • May 6, 2010
    The irony of (non) proliferation

    The states who are party to the 2010 Review Conference have been positive in affirming the so called 'three pillars' of the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT). These are the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, nuclear disarmament by the Nuclear Weapons States, and the right to the peaceful use of nuclear technology.

    It is this last point, however, that has increasingly concerned me over the first week of this Review Conference.

  • May 6, 2010
    Trident could make key difference in marginal seats

    The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament have said that some constituencies have become “Trident marginals”, in which a closely fought contest involves different views on the issue.