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Stop Week highlights government support for the arms trade The UK is the world’s second largest arms exporter, exporting over £5bn of arms every year to around 150 countries. This year, for Stop the Arms Trade Week, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) are focusing upon the amount of public money

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) will be attending this year’s BAE AGM, concerned at where the company derives its profits. CAAT will be releasing an alternative annual report, which calls into question the company’s pledge to follow a code of conduct. Among many issues charted are: The sale of Hawk

This week CAAT is releasing figures on shareholdings – held by public organisations, trade unions, political parties and charities – in British arms companies that trade their weapons abroad. Richard Bingley of CAAT said: It is wrong that organisations promoting social good at home, earn money from investing in companies that sell

CAAT are worried about the government sending out mixed messages over its policy to India and Pakistan. Tony Blair visited India at the start of the year on a peace-building mission. UK policy actions seem to contradict the Prime Minister’s rhetoric. Over the past two years – whilst the situation with Kashmir

A report due out today from academics and Ministry of Defence economists shows that the economic costs of reducing defence exports are relatively small and largely one-off. Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) have estimated that UK arms exports are subsidised directly and indirectly by around £820m. Some of this comes through the

The biggest defence project in history, the Pentagon’s £140 billion Joint Strike Fighter deal, was awarded to Lockheed Martin of the USA. The plan is to build 150 of the 4,000 strike fighters for the UK MoD. It has been claimed the potential economic spin-off for Uk companies is £50 billion of

CAAT would prefer to be welcoming the passing of the Export Control Bill in the House of Commons today. It is the first bill in 60 years intended to clamp down on damaging arms exports. CAAT welcomes the bill’s provision to curb the brokering of dangerous weaponry by UK citizens and companies. However three

COPEX Fails to Disclose Its Invitation List CAAT supporters staged a protest outside the COPEX exhibition on Sandown Racecourse today, disappointed that the exhibition’s new administration would not disclose which countries were represented by delegates. COPEX (Contingency and Operational Procurement Exhibition) exhibits surveillance, security, and riot control technology. Its main