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2021 20:11:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK to expand nuclear stockpile in post-Brexit security review]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trident, counterterror and the union take centre stage in biggest foreign policy assessment since cold war ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9784be23-8472-4268-9ea8-f1c0f8e23a24</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9784be23-8472-4268-9ea8-f1c0f8e23a24</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:42:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serco hit by loss of nuclear submarine contract]]></title><description><![CDATA[UK outsourcer’s shares drop 12% as MoD plans to renationalise Atomic Weapons Establishment]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/d68e8c72-f459-484a-bac2-583ae3575298</link><guid isPermaLink="false">d68e8c72-f459-484a-bac2-583ae3575298</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2020 12:26:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Audit office hits out at MoD over nuclear programme cost 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EU]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f0d676d4-0ead-11e9-b2f2-f4c566a4fc5f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f0d676d4-0ead-11e9-b2f2-f4c566a4fc5f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 05:00:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nuclear submarines threaten to sink UK defence budget]]></title><description><![CDATA[National Audit Office warns of £15bn funding gap in equipment programme]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e91a93e8-0391-11e9-9d01-cd4d49afbbe3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e91a93e8-0391-11e9-9d01-cd4d49afbbe3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 04:00:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[MoD seeks Babcock assurances over HMS Vanguard overhaul]]></title><description><![CDATA[Contractor given until end of year to show it can complete nuclear sub refit on time]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c7c390e2-e81f-11e8-8a85-04b8afea6ea3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c7c390e2-e81f-11e8-8a85-04b8afea6ea3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 18:23:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Babcock under MoD watch over submarine contract]]></title><description><![CDATA[Move raises fresh questions over performance of UK’s second-biggest defence supplier]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/692abde4-e680-11e8-8a85-04b8afea6ea3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692abde4-e680-11e8-8a85-04b8afea6ea3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2018 20:03:55 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>