Tag
Arms trade
UK
Arms export system ‘rigged’ to keep weapons flowing to Saudi Arabia and Israel, says report
Left Field reporters
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Campaign Against Arms Trade says successive governments have sidestepped their own licensing rules and international law and the Burnham government shows no sign of changing course.
UK
Windfall tax on BAE and Rolls-Royce could fund Yemen reparations, report says
Left Field staff writers
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As the PM reportedly weighs Saudi requests for military support in the Yemen war, a new report calls for a windfall tax on UK arms firms’ Saudi profits and full reparations for a conflict that left half the country needing aid.
UK
New UK companies joined Israel arms trade during Gaza genocide, data shows
Left Field news desk
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New figures show UK arms companies exported £30m of military equipment to Israel last year, with 18 firms joining the trade for the first time.