BAE arms deals scandal continues

Anti-arms trade campaigners have responded with fury to the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) decision not to prosecute Britain’s biggest arms company [BAE Systems] on corruption and bribery charges: here.

Britain’s own merchant of death, BAE Systems, reported a strong rise in annual profits in 2008, the last year that figures are available for: here.

Unions have attacked the “short-termism” of arms manufacturer BAE Systems after the firm said that it was axing 230 jobs at Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria: here.