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‘Blood on our hands’: Town famed for peace plans to invest £35m of taxpayers’ money in arms firm base Colin Drury © Provided by The Independent It is a medieval market town which, because of its Quaker heritage, has long been associated with peace and pacifism. Now, however, residents of Saffron Walden in Essex have been left aghast after it emerged their local council is to invest £35m of public money into developing a new manufacturing base – for a global arms company. Uttlesford District Council will plough the cash into the 184,000 sq ft facility as part of a new property portfolio aimed at generating future income.

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