21/03/2011   Wave of protests against UK’s "nuclear renaissance"

Boycott EDFBoycott EDFAs the tragedy at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant continues to unfold, campaign group Kick Nuclear is joining anti-nuclear activists from around the UK to plan a series of demonstrations and direct action events, including a boycott of EDF Energy.

 17/03/2011   BP violating human rights with flagship pipeline

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipelineBaku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipelineEnvironment and human rights groups claim BP is in breach of multi-million pound loan agreements, backed by UK taxpayers, after its BTC oil pipeline was ruled to have broken OECD guidelines.

 09/03/2011   Private sector to profit from NHS Blood Bank

A new Department of Health review is planning to sell off the NHS Blood and Transplant’s storage and distribution services. Some of its operations are already privately run, including transport, communications and admin.
03/03/2011   Child detention to continue at new deportation centre

A new proposed “pre departure” centre in Sussex is a glorified PR exercise which reneges on the government’s promise to end the detention of children for immigration purposes.