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London police will be especially over-stretched next week when up to 4,000 officers are expected to be deployed at an arms fair in east London. The biennial fair, Defence Systems and Equipment International (DSEI), has cost the Metropolitan Police over £4million on each of the last two occasions it has been held. DSEI will

The Prime Minister’s statement of 25th July that the Defence Export Services Organisation, based in Bloomsbury, will be shut by the end of the year is a great success for the peace movement in general and Campaign Against Arms Trade in particular. CAAT’s Shut DESO campaign, which included encircling the building with a human chain

A report on arms exports by a key committee of MPs has failed to examine the Government’s recent suspension of a Serious Fraud Office investigation into BAE’s arms deals with Saudi Arabia. The Quadripartite Committee – which brings together the Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Select Committees – gave only

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement that the Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO) is to be shut down. The news follows a high-profile campaign by CAAT and other groups for the closure of DESO, a Government unit whose purpose is to promote sales for private arms companies, despite being funded

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has applied to the High Court to re-list injunctive proceedings against BAE Systems concerning confidential CAAT documents that have been leaked to BAE. BAE admitted earlier this year to paying a private investigator to gather information on CAAT, but fresh evidence has revealed that BAE has been involved in

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has welcomed reports that the Government plans to close down the Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO), a unit of the Ministry of Defence whose role is to find sales opportunities for private arms companies. The news follows CAAT’s high-profile campaign for DESO’s closure. CAAT has called on the Government

Documents released today – following court action by activist comedian Mark Thomas – reveal that the UK Government was prepared to break international law in order to terminate the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) inquiry into BAE’s dealings with Saudi Arabia. [1] The admission is made in the Government’s response to judicial review proceedings initiated by

Research published today by Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) reveals that 75 local authorities in the UK hold investments in BAE Systems through their pension funds. CAAT used the Freedom of Information Act to question all local authority pension funds, which between them own shares in BAE worth over £300million. The research comes after