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UK defence nuclear

  • Monday, 5 November, 2018
    UK defence spending
    MoD faces £15bn budget shortfall, warns UK spending watchdog

    Funding shortfall will be biggest in the next four years owing to series of costly projects

    Handout photo dated 06/06/18 issued by the Ministry of Defence of an F-35B Lightning fighter jet during its first sortie from RAF Marham in Norfolk. BritainÕs cutting-edge stealth fighter jets are poised to fly at a public event for the first time since touching down on UK soil, as the RAF celebrates its centenary year. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday July 10, 2018. Up to three of the multimillion-pound warplanes could feature in the huge flypast set to roar above the Mall and Buckingham Palace on July 10. See PA story DEFENCE RAF100 F35. Photo credit should read: Sgt Nik Howe/Ministry of Defence/Crown Copyright/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
  • Monday, 29 October, 2018
    UK Budget
    UK armed forces to receive extra £1bn over next 2 years

    Cash injection aimed at boosting nuclear deterrent and countering cyber threat

    Pictured is a Challenger 2 MBT and Chinook Helicopter on the Salisbury Plain Training Area. Army Reservists from the Royal Wessex Yeomanry and regular soldiers from The Royal Tank Regiment and personnel from the RAF worked together to coordinate the delivery of their new Wolf Scout Land Rovers by air with the vehicles under-slung from the giant Chinook aircraft. For many it will be the first time that they will have worked with the RAF in this way. Like all of the training they do, it is about preparing them to do it for real whilst deployed on operations in support of the Regular Army.
  • Monday, 21 May, 2018
    Nuclear defence programme to cost £51bn over next decade

    National Audit Office predicts total spending and warns of £2.9bn shortfall

    Nuclear submarines ...Undated handout photo issued by the Ministry of Defence of a still image taken from video of the missile firing from HMS Vigilant, which fired an unarmed Trident II (D5) ballistic missile, during a test launch in the Atlantic Ocean last week. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday October 29, 2012. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will today announce an additional £350 million-worth of funding for the next stage of designing the future generation of British nuclear-armed submarines. This investment will sustain 1,200 UK jobs and follows the initial £350 million of design work announced earlier this year, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. See PA story POLITICS Submarine. Photo credit should read: PO(Phot) Lockheed Martin/ MoD Crown Copyright/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
  • Wednesday, 28 March, 2018
    UK lifts defence spending by £600m to fund nuclear deterrent

    Extra money will go towards programme to build four new submarines

    Nuclear submarines ...Undated handout photo issued by the Ministry of Defence of a still image taken from video of the missile firing from HMS Vigilant, which fired an unarmed Trident II (D5) ballistic missile, during a test launch in the Atlantic Ocean last week.  PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday October 29, 2012. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will today announce an additional £350 million-worth of funding for the next stage of designing the future generation of British nuclear-armed submarines. This investment will sustain 1,200 UK jobs and follows the initial £350 million of design work announced earlier this year, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. See PA story POLITICS Submarine. Photo credit should read: PO(Phot) Lockheed Martin/ MoD Crown Copyright/PA Wire 
									NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2017
    UK considered nuclear defence deal with France in 1960s

    Defence minister saw merit in idea despite US and Germany’s possible ‘adverse reactions’

    25th November 1961: French soldier and President Charles De Gaulle and British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan at the MacMillan home in Sussex. (Photo by PNA Rota/Getty Images)
  • Monday, 26 June, 2017
    Glastonbury founder says Jeremy Corbyn plans to scrap Trident

    Labour leader reportedly said he wants to end nuclear deterrent ‘as soon’ as he can

    Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, left, and organiser Michael Eavis appear onstage at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Saturday, June 24, 2017. (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)
  • Friday, 2 June, 2017
    Television
    Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn heckled over nuclear policy in TV debate

    Theresa May give more positive campaign performance after week on the defensive

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn takes part in "The Question Time, Leaders Special" hosted by David Dimbleby and broadcast live from York in northern England on June 2, 2017, ahead of the upcoming general election. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Stefan RousseauSTEFAN ROUSSEAU/AFP/Getty Images
  • Monday, 24 April, 2017
    Manifesto muddle as Corbyn casts doubts on Trident

    Labour forced to clarify its commitment to nuclear deterrent

    The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, speaks on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show in London, April 23, 2017. Jeff Overs/BBC handout via REUTERSNO SALESFOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVESNOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSTHIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
  • Monday, 24 April, 2017
    Fallon says Labour in ‘chaos’ over defence policy
  • Sunday, 29 January, 2017
    MoD faces pressure on single-source procurement

    Watchdog seeks disclosure on military deals done without competitive tender

    Defence Secretary visit to Faslane...Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, at HM Naval Base Clyde, also known as Faslane, ahead of a visit by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday January 20, 2016. See PA story DEFENCE Trident. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
  • Monday, 23 January, 2017
    Theresa May criticised for not disclosing Trident missile test ‘failure’

    PM aware of incident when she opened July Commons debate on submarine renewal

    The unarmed missile veered off course when fired by a British submarine off the Florida coast last June
  • Sunday, 22 January, 2017
    Theresa May urged to clarify Trident missile misfire claim

    Alleged incident took place shortly before parliamentary vote on system renewal

    An unarmed Trident missile allegedly veered off-course and headed towards the US
  • Friday, 7 October, 2016
    Corbyn consolidates power with reshuffle

    Labour leader strengthens his hand in shadow cabinet and the party’s ruling national executive committee

    Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the U.K. opposition Labour Party, gestures while delivering his keynote speech at the party's annual conference in Liverpool, U.K., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. Corbyn will order his rebellious lawmakers to fall into line behind him and prepare for a general election he’ll say he expects Prime Minister Theresa May to call next year. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
  • Thursday, 6 October, 2016
    Corbyn gives Labour defence brief to anti-Trident MP

    Nia Griffith is fourth holder of job this year; Starmer to face Davis on Brexit

    File photo dated 10/04/15 of Sir Keir Starmer, who has become the shadow Brexit secretary as part of a reshuffle announced by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday October 6, 2016. See PA story POLITICS Labour. Photo credit should read: Nick Ansell/PA Wire
  • Saturday, 1 October, 2016
    BAE gets funds to start building new submarines

    Government releases £1.3bn for first phase of Successor nuclear deterrent

    LARGS, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 27: In this handout image provided by MoD Crown Copyright, HMS Vengeance departs for Devonport prior to re-fit on Ferbruary 27, 2012 off the coast of Largs, Scotland. The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded UK's leading naval support business Babcock, on March 25, 2012, with a contract to commence the planning phase for the ?350 million GBP refit of Trident ballistic missile submarine HMS Vengeance, which will be undertaken at their Devonport Royal Dockyard. The project to upgrade and refuel the nuclear submarine will safeguard 2,000 UK jobs and will take around three and a half years. River Tamar shipping was suspended when the the 150m-long, 15,900-tonne submarine HMS Vengeance travelled to the Devonport Dockyard ahead of the scheduled refit on March 2, 2012, arriving amid concerns without a signed contract for the refit. HMS Vengeance will be the last of four Vanguard class submarines to undergo a Lond Overhaul Period and Refuel LOP(R) at Davernport that will commence once HMS Vigilant leaves Devonport on completion of her LOP(R) in 2012. Mandatory Credit: (Photo by Andrew Linnett/MoD Crown Copyright via Getty Images)
  • Monday, 26 September, 2016
    Corbyn aide sparks row by intervening in Trident speech

    Clive Lewis had planned to say he ‘would not seek to change’ support for nuclear programme

    Britain's shadow Defence Secretary, Clive Lewis, speaks during the second day of the Labour Party conference in Liverpoool, Britain, September 26, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Staples
  • Monday, 1 August, 2016
    MoD to release £1bn for stealth submarines

    First payment since MPs confirmed renewal of Trident nuclear deterrent

    File photo dated 20/01/16 of a member of the armed services on the deck of Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, with Astute-class submarine HMS Artful behind, at HM Naval Base Clyde, also known as Faslane, as Theresa May will tell MPs not to gamble with the safety of British families ahead of a Commons vote on whether to renew the Trident nuclear deterrent. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday July 18, 2016. MPs are set to vote tonight on renewal, which is estimated to cost around £40 billion, and Mrs May will tell them it would be "grossly irresponsible" not to back Trident. See PA story POLITICS Trident. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
  • Thursday, 28 July, 2016
    BAE confident of growth despite missing expectations
  • Tuesday, 19 July, 2016
    News in-depthFT Data
    Britain votes to replace Trident as the global nuclear arsenal declines
  • Monday, 18 July, 2016
    Commons votes for Trident renewal with 355 majority

    New prime minister Theresa May makes stinging attack on opposition over nuclear deterrent

    Prime Minister Theresa May speaks in the House of Commons in London during a debate on whether to renew the Trident nuclear deterrent. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday July 18, 2016. See PA story POLITICS Trident. Photo credit should read: PA Wire
  • Monday, 18 July, 2016
    A wonk’s guide to the Trident nuclear deterrent

    Parliament has voted to replace the four submarines that provide the UK’s nuclear deterrent

    File photo dated 20/01/16 of a member of the armed services on the deck of Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, with Astute-class submarine HMS Artful behind, at HM Naval Base Clyde, also known as Faslane, as Theresa May will tell MPs not to gamble with the safety of British families ahead of a Commons vote on whether to renew the Trident nuclear deterrent. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday July 18, 2016. MPs are set to vote tonight on renewal, which is estimated to cost around £40 billion, and Mrs May will tell them it would be "grossly irresponsible" not to back Trident. See PA story POLITICS Trident. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
  • Monday, 18 July, 2016
    Instant InsightWilliam Wallis
    The UK’s vote on Trident will highlight Labour’s dysfunction Premium content

    Nuclear deterrent issue lets Tories show unity as the opposition flounders, writes William Wallis

    LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 26: Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in North London as resignations from his shadow cabinet continue on June 26, 2016 in London, England. In the wake of shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn being fired by Corbyn, eight of the Labour shadow cabinet have resigned today. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
  • Monday, 18 July, 2016
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  • Sunday, 17 July, 2016
    Owen Smith to defy Corbyn on Trident vote

    As many as 150 of Labour party’s 231 MPs are expected to vote for renewal of Britain’s nuclear deterrent

    File photo dated 28/9/2015 of former shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith who has confirmed that he will stand for the Labour leadership. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday July 13, 2016. See PA story POLITICS Labour. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
  • Wednesday, 13 July, 2016
    Instant InsightJames Blitz
    Theresa May acquires Britain’s secret nuclear codes Premium content

    A priority for a new PM is to be told the protocol for the UK deterrent, writes James Blitz

    Nuclear submarines ...Undated handout photo issued by the Ministry of Defence of a still image taken from video of the missile firing from HMS Vigilant, which fired an unarmed Trident II (D5) ballistic missile, during a test launch in the Atlantic Ocean last week. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday October 29, 2012. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will today announce an additional £350 million-worth of funding for the next stage of designing the future generation of British nuclear-armed submarines. This investment will sustain 1,200 UK jobs and follows the initial £350 million of design work announced earlier this year, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. See PA story POLITICS Submarine. Photo credit should read: PO(Phot) Lockheed Martin/ MoD Crown Copyright/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
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