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Latest headlines from The Ferret about the global trade in arms and weapons.
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Inverclyde Council passes motion urging Strathclyde Pension Fund to invest ethically
Inverclyde Council has called on Scotland’s largest council pension fund to stop investing in arms and to commit to ethical investments.
UK Government urged to follow President Biden and end arms sales to Saudi Arabia
The UK Government is being urged to follow a shift in US foreign policy and stop selling arms, including smart bombs made in Scotland, to Saudi Arabia.
Scots university members of green COP26 network invest £5.2m in fossil fuels and arms
Scots universities signed up to a COP26 network have shares worth nearly £5.2 million in fossil fuel firms and arms companies causing pollution.
22 nuclear bombs delivered to Scotland despite Covid
As many as 22 nuclear warheads were transported from England to Scotland in eight road convoys during 2020 despite coronavirus restrictions.
SNP ‘misleading’ for condemning UK military spending after lobbying for defence contracts
The SNP has been accused of “misleading the public” after condemning the UK government for increasing military spending despite having lobbied for more defence contracts
Revealed: fire safety and staff problems at nuclear sites
Nuclear bomb sites across the UK have fire safety problems as well as shortages of safety regulators and engineers, according to a Ministry of Defence report.
Fife arms firm profits from border walls contracts and ‘state repression’
An arms company in Fife, funded by the taxpayer, has won dozens of contracts globally for border security walls, prompting claims it is profiting from “state repression and conflict".
Alarm over plan to break up nuclear submarines at Hunterston
The company that runs the port at Hunterston in North Ayrshire wants to use it to break up the radioactive hulks of defunct nuclear submarines.
UK is second biggest arms dealer in the world
Britain is the second biggest arms dealer in the world after the US, according to new stats from the Department of International Trade.
