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| "It's incredibly worrying that it takes a question in parliament for action to be taken when there was clear evidence of items being promoted illegally." Electric shock weapons, weighted leg cuffs and stun batons'Torture' arms firms handed marching orders Caroline Lucas notched up a significant victory in her campaign against the London arms fair taking place this week, after two companies were kicked out of the DSEI event. Comment: Promoting arms exports is sheer madness Both Iraq and Libya are in chaos, yet the UK government's response is to plug more weapons sales. It's madness. Our place in the worldWorld in 'strategic anarchy' as Syria conflict drags on World leaders' retreat towards living 'tactically' has left global politics facing "a state of sublimated strategic anarchy", a think-tank has warned. Interview: Liam Fox Liam Fox thinks Britain needs power and influence. Which, coincidentally, is what he could with a bit more of himself. Fox: More Army cuts on the way after 2020 The Army faces further manpower reductions after 2020 to make way for Britain's growing Navy, Liam Fox has warned. Party politicsLib Dems lurch left just as conference looms The Liberal Democrats today called on the government to scrap the Trident nuclear missile system, in the latest intervention designed to head-off growing dissent from the party's disgruntled left-wingers. New poll low puts Miliband in poor company Ed Miliband's personal ratings have hit their lowest ever point, virtually matching those of failed Conservative leaders Iain Duncan Smith and William Hague for the first time. Sketch: Downfall of a deputyPMQs as-it-happened | People like you lose their jobs, become disabled, get trapped in low wage jobs Benefits debate failing ordinary families: new polling and CPAG letter to party leadersThe current debate about social security is failing ordinary families, according to a new campaign, ‘People Like Us’, being launched today by Child Poverty Action Group. IET: High Speed 2 should be part of integrated transport policyEurope’s largest body of engineers is calling for the High Speed 2 (HS2) proposals to be reassessed to become part of an integrated transport programme of metro, rail, bus and road projects to revitalise the cities of the Midlands and North. NASUWT: Global attacks on trade unions are attacks on fairness, equality and social justiceProposing a motion on attacks on trade unions at the TUC Congress in Bournemouth today, the NASUWT highlighted the violence and oppression targeted at teacher trade unionists in countries like Colombia, Iraq, Zimbabwe and Bahrain and highlighted the deep concerns of the Union about the anti-trade union legislation being promoted in the UK. CIOT: Institute and IFS take tax debate to party conferences – and you are invitedKey policy-makers and high profile journalists will be joining the CIOT and the Institute for Fiscal Studies at the main party conferences this autumn for a series of debates on the future of the tax system. RSPCA: Petition against badger cull reaches 300,000 signaturesA petition calling on the Government to put a stop to the pilot badger cull climbed to 300,000 in the two weeks since the first animal was shot. CAFH: Blue Fox, Blue Badger and Blue Hare Founder short listed for Inspiration Awards For Women 2013We are delighted that the Founder of Conservatives Against Fox Hunting - Blue Fox, Blue Badger and Blue Hare campaigns has been shortlisted as a finalist for the prestigious Inspiration Awards For Women Award 2013. BSIA: Vacant property protection still paramount one year on from law changeLast Sunday (1st September) marked the one year anniversary of the anti-squatting law that made residential squatting a criminal offence. The milestone also saw squatters’ internet sites[1] encouraging action in order to mark the anniversary. As such, the Vacant Property Protection Group of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) is reiterating to owners and landlords of vacant commercial properties the importance of securing and protecting their premises. BHA: Girl Guides, Rainbows, and Brownies promise to be inclusive of the non-religiousThe Girl Guides, Rainbows and Brownies are for the first time inclusive of atheists and agnostics after a new Promise comes into force today which is, for the first time, inclusive of atheists and agnostics. TACT welcomes continuing increase in adoption numbersTACT (The Adolescent and Children’s Trust) today welcomed the announcement from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), that the number of adoptions made in the UK in 2012 had risen by nearly ten per cent. This follows an increase in 2011 of six per cent. Rio Tinto loads first ship from its 290 Mt/a expansion programmeRio Tinto has achieved the significant milestone of loading the first shipment of iron ore from its expanded port, rail and mine operations in Australia. This marks the commencement of commissioning of the expansion programme, which will see overall capacity for Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations in Western Australia increase to 290 million tonnes a year. Boeing Forecasts Increased Global Demand for Airline PilotsBoeing projects the commercial aviation industry will need more than one million new pilots and technicians to support the expanding demand for new airplane deliveries over the next two decades. Voice: Speaking and listening in GCSE languages are essentialVoice: the union for education professionals has commented on the announcement by Ofqual to remove the assessment of speaking and listening from GCSE grades in English and English Language. IET: Engineering chief: more universities must share research with SMEsThe outgoing President of Europe’s largest engineering body is calling for more universities to give small and medium sized businesses open access to the intellectual property (IP) that they create. BFAWU: Strike action at Hovis (Premier Foods), WiganThe Hovis strikes are about the casualisation of the food industry and a race to the bottom. IFAW: Cameron's badger cull at odds with scienceCameron’s cull is going ahead at odds with science and common sense, says the International Fund for Animal Welfare. |
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