Press Association

‘The Ministry of Defence has estimated acquiring four new submarines to carry the Trident deterrent will cost £31bn over the course of the 20-year procurement programme, with a further £10bn set aside to meet unexpected cost increases.’

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Union boss Tim Roache tells Corbyn to toe party line on Trident

February 26, 2016

Chris Tighe

‘But on Trident, Mr Roache said Mr Corbyn should toe the party line. “Now he is the leader, you are bound by the policy of the party you are elected to lead,” he said. “With leadership comes responsibility. Our members desperately need the return of a Labour government.” ‘

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February 14, 2016

Sam Jones in Munich and Kate Allen in London

‘Nato officials and political leaders from across the alliance are “deeply concerned” over the opposition Labour party’s wavering support for Britain’s nuclear weapons, according to defence secretary Michael Fallon.

He claimed senior figures in Nato as well as his counterparts in European ministries had raised the issue of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, his attitude towards Nato and the question of nuclear arms repeatedly at the meeting of alliance defence chiefs in Brussels last week.’

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