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A LEADING left-wing think tank has called on the Scottish government to set up a defence diversification agency to plan and resource the scrapping of Trident while protecting workers’ jobs.
The Jimmy Reid Foundation will launch its report, which examines the effect renewing Trident will have on jobs and the economy, tomorrow.
Report author Professor Mike Danson said: “Renewing Trident makes neither economic nor social sense.
The question is not simply how much we spend on defence, but what we understand defence and security to mean, says SIMON BRIGNELL
As we approach the grim anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, SIMON BARROW sounds the alarm over the dangerous and murderous direction our government is heading
PM commits to blowing millions on nukes
Expanding Britain’s nuclear capability increases the risk of nuclear confrontation. It does not keep us safe – it makes us a target, argues CAROL TURNER