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Going Nuclear Free: The Early History of the Nuclear Free Local Authorities

 Introduction Forty-five years ago today, on 5 November 1980,
Manchester, the very city in which the atom was first split, became the
world’s first local authority to declare itself ‘nuclear-free’. This
declaration made by City Councillors proved to be the catalyst which led to
a worldwide movement of self-declared nuclear free local authorities and in the UK to the establishment of the Nuclear Free Local Authorities. This
briefing highlights how that organisation came about.

 NFLA 5th Nov 2025 https://www.nuclearpolicy.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/A441-NB327-Going-Nuclear-Free-5-November-2025.pdf

November 7, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized