Twenty five Members of the Scottish Parliament have supported a motion condemning the transport of nuclear weapons after a nuclear warhead convoy was spotted travelling along the M74 motorway at the end of January.
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Defence Committee calls for improvements in Ministry of Defence financial management information
The Ministry of Defence must improve the amount and quality of the information it provides in its annual report and accounts. according to a report from the House of Commons Defence Committee.
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Defence secretary publishes update on progress with Trident replacement
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has published the second of a series of annual updates on the Trident replacement programme and announced two further contracts with BAE Systems for work on the programme.
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Ministry of Defence releases information on Successor submarine design contracts
The Ministry of Defence has released a list of fifty contracts currently in place for the development of the new 'Successor' Trident replacement submarine that is intended to replace the UK's current Vanguard class nuclear weapon submarines.
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Defence Committee slams Ministry of Defence over poor accounting standards
Financial management standards in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have been slammed by an influential committee of Members of Parliament, which has criticised the Ministry for having “a worrying lack of financial expertise”.
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Scottish Government calls for talks on Trident
The Scottish Government has called for talks on removing Trident from Scotland ahead of next year's independence referendum.
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Fears over structural safety of buildings halts work at Atomic Weapons Establishment
Production work has been halted in one of the main manufacturing facilities at the UK's nuclear weapons factory because of safety fears caused by corrosion of structural steelwork. The government's nuclear safety watchdog, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), has issued managers at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston, Berkshire, where the warheads for […]
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Fire service called to acid incident at AWE Aldermaston
A Parliamentary Question asked by Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has revealed that the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service was called out to the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston on 16 August 2012 to deal with an incident resulting from an acid experiment.
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Atomic Weapons Establishment fire cover-up prompts call for greater safety disclosure
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£2 billion and rising: the cost of redeveloping the Atomic Weapons Establishment
The Ministry of Defence has pledged at least £2 billion of spending on new developments at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), according to new information released in response to a Parliamentary Question from Caroline Lucas MP.
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Secrecy over military equipment costs ‘makes a mockery of Government openness claims’
The costs of some of the most expensive and controversial military procurement programmes are to remain shrouded in secrecy despite a government promise to disclose spending on all contracts valued over £25,000.
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NIS Update: August – September 2011
ANNUAL ACCOUNTS PAINT BLEAK PICTURE FOR MINISTRY OF DEFENCE FINANCES
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) annual report and accounts for 2010-11, published earlier this summer, have further exposed the disorganised state of the Ministry's financial situation.
The accounts report a net operating cost of £47.1 billion and assets of some £127.9 billion mainly consisting of land, buildings, fighting equipment and stores together with gross liabilities of some £21.3 billion.