Trident spending axed as MOD will pay for it


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8:30 am - July 30th 2010

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The full £20bn cost of renewing the UK’s Trident nuclear deterrent must be paid for by the Ministry of Defence, George Osborne has said.

Traditionally, the Treasury has always found the money for the submarines.

The chancellor’s comments come as Defence Secretary Liam Fox warned it would be “very difficult” to maintain other MoD projects if more than half its budget went on funding Trident.

BBC’s Jonathan Beale said Mr Osborne risked igniting a political row.

The remarks come as the MoD is having to contemplate cuts in its budget of between 10% and 20%.

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1. Matthew Taylor (MTPT)

Good.

If Trident has to compete with the rest of the defence budget, we can finally have the Ends/Ways/Means and Value for Money discussions which should always have been involved in any decision to replace Trident/Vanguard (and, indeed, in any decision to maintain a nuclear deterrent).

2. Harry

Would the cash-rich Chinese be interested in buying ALL the Trident kit and the aircraft carriers?

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