Arms trade

Latest headlines from The Ferret about the global trade in arms and weapons.

Arms trade, Politics

Arms firms give MPs thousands of pounds, gifts and dinners

Billy Briggs on August 23, 2019September 1, 2019

Arms firms due to attend a trade event dubbed a “festival of violence” gave MP's more than £60,000 in donations.

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Serco slammed for plans to attend arms fair while evicting asylum seekers

Billy Briggs on August 20, 2019August 22, 2019

Serco, a firm evicting hundreds of asylum seekers from their homes in Glasgow, will be exhibiting at a controversial arms trade show.

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UK government under fire for inviting ‘war crime’ states to arms fair

Billy Briggs on August 14, 2019August 16, 2019

The UK government has been condemned for inviting regimes accused of killing children to an arms fair dubbed a "festival of violence".

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Arms trade, International

UK arms sales condemned after 12,000 children killed or maimed

Billy Briggs on August 4, 2019August 8, 2019

The UK government has been condemned for arming states named in a UN report revealing that 12,000 children were killed or maimed last year in armed conflicts.

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Arms trade, International

Export licence system lets ‘illegal’ arms sales to Saudi Arabia continue

Billy Briggs on July 2, 2019July 5, 2019

Bombs and missiles will still be exported to Saudi Arabia under a secretive licensing system despite a court ruling that UK arms sales are illegal.

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Arms trade, Nuclear weapons

Private US arms firms bid for Navy training contract at Faslane nuclear base

Billy Briggs on June 25, 2019June 25, 2019

American multinationals Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are bidding for a lucrative Ministry of Defence training contract at Faslane.

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Arms trade, International

Court rules UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful

Billy Briggs on June 20, 2019June 21, 2019

The UK government broke the law by selling arms to Saudi Arabia, the Court of Appeal says in a landmark ruling.

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Arms trade, International, Politics

Concerns over Scottish Enterprise grants to Hong Kong tear gas firm

Billy Briggs on June 18, 2019June 18, 2019

Concerns raised with the Scottish Government over its relationship with an arms company that sold Hong Kong tear gas apparently used by police during clashes with protestors.

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Firms’ human rights records checked by Scottish Enterprise

Billy Briggs on June 11, 2019June 11, 2019

Dozens of companies have undergone human rights checks by Scottish Enterprise following concerns over public money being awarded to arms firms through business grants.

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Arms trade, Politics

Arms firms give MPs thousands of pounds, gifts and dinners

Arms trade

Serco slammed for plans to attend arms fair while evicting asylum seekers

Arms trade

UK government under fire for inviting ‘war crime’ states to arms fair

Arms trade, International

UK arms sales condemned after 12,000 children killed or maimed

Arms trade, International

Export licence system lets ‘illegal’ arms sales to Saudi Arabia continue

Arms trade, Nuclear weapons

Private US arms firms bid for Navy training contract at Faslane nuclear base

Arms trade, International

Court rules UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful

Arms trade, International, Politics

Concerns over Scottish Enterprise grants to Hong Kong tear gas firm

Arms trade

Firms’ human rights records checked by Scottish Enterprise

Named: the Scots businessman linked to neo-Nazi groups

School children in ‘remote’ areas do worse than elsewhere

£250bn: the cost of giving tax breaks to North Sea oil firms

Michael Russell claim that ‘Scotland pays out more than it gets back’ is False