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Corporations are influencing government policy on nuclear weapons, a damning report shows
HMS Vigilant at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, which carries the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent, April 29, 2019
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NUCLEAR weapons corporations have an “absolutely inappropriate” involvement in shaping government policy on the issue, a damning report shows.
It states that as Britain’s spending on nuclear weapons climbs inexorably, the companies who make and sell them spend millions of pounds funding think tanks that advise the government on the issue.
The report also reveals that nuclear manufacturers met top government officials last year ahead of its announcement of an increase in defence spending.
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