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Trident review to set out compelling alternatives to replacement
The Guardian has published an in-depth interview with Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who is leading the government's Trident Alternatives...
January 24 at 01:09am
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New campaign - ACTION AWE!
Action AWE is a new campaign focused on the UK's Atomic Weapons Establishment with the aim of shining a spotlight on the factory where the UK's nuclear weapons...
January 19 at 11:45am
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Parliament debates nuclear weapons
On 17 January MPs discussed whether the UK needs to replace its nuclear weapons in a back-bench debate sponsored by Julian Lewis MP and Paul Flynn MP. ...
January 19 at 11:41am
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Top Tory Trashes Trident!
Michael Portillo, a former Conservative Secretary of State for Defence, has laucned a devastating broadside against the government's plans for replacing...
November 02 at 07:52pm
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Let’s sort out our Energy Future
by Richard George, Energy Campaigner
We are standing at an energy crossroads and a new law, the Energy Bill, will set out the...
October 11 at 02:24pm
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Core support for Trident replacement crumbling?
Recent media reports are showing opposition to the programme for replacing the UK's Trident nuclear weapons from some highly unexpected quarters. The...
September 27 at 03:24pm
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Trident Alternatives Review to propose 'stepping down the nuclear ladder'
Former armed forces minister Nick Harvey has been speaking about nuclear weapons at the Liberal Democrat party conference. Mr Harvey was the minister...
September 27 at 01:02pm
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Your chance to #TellShell to stop Arctic drilling
by Vicky Wyatt, Climate Campaigner
Over two weekends in July Greenpeace supporters took action to shut down...
September 19 at 04:53pm
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Why won't the government tell us how many Scottish jobs rely on Trident?
The previous Labour government published figures stating how many Scottish jobs at the Faslane submarine base relied directly on the Trident nuclear weapons...
August 30 at 08:27am
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Scotland and Nato: national interest or corporate interests?
The best article I've read so far on whether the Scottish National Party should change its policy on Nato membership for an independent Scotland is published...
August 26 at 11:04pm
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Where have all the sailors gone?
The Daily Telegraph - normally staunchly pro-nuclear - reports that the replacement programme for Trident nuclear weapons is at risk because of difficulties...
August 21 at 03:42pm
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Shell-Day 2 Saturday 22nd September
by Sara Ayech, climate campaigner
Last month saw two huge days of action against Shell in the UK in support of our...
August 15 at 11:30am
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Could France eliminate nuclear weapons to save money?
There's a school of thought among some pro-Trident politicians that the UK has a moral duty to keep its nuclear weapons, because if we were to abandon them the...
July 25 at 09:50pm
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Lack of money and people jeopardise MoD nuclear safety
Crumbs! Even the Ministry of Defence's own internal safety regulator is saying that cuts in resources and personnel are undermining safety in the UK's...
July 19 at 04:17pm
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Shell-Day Saturday 21st July
by Vicky Wyatt, climate campaigner
At 6.30 this morning 70 + Dutch Greenpeace volunteers, including their executive director...
July 13 at 02:01pm
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More money down the drain - £1.1bn to be spent on new submarine reactors
Although the government keeps telling us that we're broke and can't afford to spend money on public services, there's plenty of cash available for the Trident...
June 18 at 09:45pm
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Goodbye Trident: how to remove nuclear weapons from Scotland within two years
The Sunday Herald reports on a blueprint produced by Scottish CND which details how nuclear weapons could be removed from Scotland within two years of...
June 17 at 11:11am
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Health and Safety Executive to prosecute Atomic Weapons Establishment after fire
The Health and Safety Executive has decided to prosecute AWE plc, the private company which operates the Atomic Weapons Establishment, following a fire in an...
June 16 at 10:51pm
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New questions and contradictions in Coalition policy on Trident
Two fairly big news stories about Trident this week: former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell has written in the Financial Times calling for a...
May 21 at 08:03pm
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'Disturbing' gaps in emergency plans for UK's nuclear weapons factories
Nuclear Information Service has published a study by independent consulting engineers Large & Associates which compares emergency arrangements at the...
April 30 at 10:50am
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