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  • September 30, 2009
    Brown accused of dodging the issue over nuclear weapons

    The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has been criticised for avoiding the issue of Trident in his speech to the Labour Party conference yesterday, despite the increasingly vocal opposition to its renewal.

  • September 24, 2009
    UN agrees to aim for nuclear disarmament

    The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously in favour of the need to work towards a world free of nuclear weapons. The vote is seen as a step towards international agreements on reducing nuclear arsenals.

  • September 23, 2009
    Brown cuts nuclear submarines as pressure grows to scrap Trident

    The Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to respond to growing public pressure by announcing a cut in the number of Trident nuclear submarines from four to three. Campaigners welcomed the news but insisted that the cuts must go further.

  • September 22, 2009
    Ministers hint at change of direction over Trident

    There are increasing signs that the UK government may reconsider plans to renew the Trident nuclear weapons system, with ministers hinting that renewal may be delayed, if not abandoned.

  • September 18, 2009
    Trident will cost nearly five times predicted price, warns report

    New research published by Greenpeace and backed by senior politicians has warned that the cost of replacing the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system will be over £95 billion – in contrast to the roughly £20 billion earmarked by the government.

  • September 17, 2009
    Warm welcome for Obama's reversal of missile plan

    The US President, Barack Obama, has abandoned controversial plans to site a missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic. The decision is likely to ease tensions in the USA’s relations with Russia.

  • September 9, 2009
    Slash spending on nukes, say voters in new poll

    The government's plans to renew the Trident nuclear weapons system have taken another blow with a poll revealing that voters would rather scrap nuclear weapons than see public spending cuts affecting health or education.

  • July 18, 2009
    Dismay and derision as government flip-flops over Trident

    The government has attracted derision after apparently changing a key nuclear policy twice within 24 hours – leaving it back where it started. The Ministry of Defence say decision-making on Trident will not be delayed.

  • July 17, 2009
    Public pressure triggers Brown backdown over Trident timetable

    Public criticism and campaigning has led to the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown announcing a delay to plans for the renewal of the controversial Trident nuclear weapons system. Decisions will now be made after an international nuclear summit.

  • July 16, 2009
    Brown's new nuclear comments are 'not credible', say critics

    The Prime Minister has today said that he wants to “make the world safer” through new global agreements on nuclear weapons. His critics say this is not consistent with the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system.