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Parliament should challenge the government’s erosion of civil liberties, former prime minister Sir John Major has said. Writing in the Times newspaper, Sir John attacks the government’s policies on pre-charge detention, identity cards and the ‘surveillance society’. “This is not a United Kingdom that I recognise and parliament should not accept it,” he says, criticising… Read more »
The European Union must strengthen its failing arms control agreement, a report published by Saferworld today says. The non-governmental organisation, which works in Africa, Asia and Europe to prevent and reduce conflict, says reform is needed to prevent components legitimately manufactured in Europe being supplied to regimes not meeting the EU’s approval. North Korea, Sudan,… Read more »
