Parliamentary processes on scrutiny of trade deals have today been branded as “anachronistic and inadequate” in a report released by Parliament’s Constitution Committee.[1] The report on “Parliamentary Scrutiny of Treaties” is the sixth in a series of reports by Parliamentary committees that have strongly criticised current Parliamentary processes for agreeing trade deals. [2]

War on Want has written a letter to HSBC raising concern over its shareholdings in Caterpillar Ltd., and calling for HSBC to follow its own policies and divest from the company.

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A consequence of a failing economic system

Over the past 5 years, the UK government has approved over £500million worth of arms exports to Israel. Those exports didn’t halt even as Israel was being investigated for war crimes stemming from unlawful use of force, and even as the UK government itself was issuing statements of concern about Israel’s violations of international law.