George Osborne announces £500m funding for Faslane submarine base in new push for Trident programme Chancellor George Osborne has pledged £500m for the Royal Navy’s submarine base at Faslane, funding he says will create “thousands” of jobs. The base in Faslane, one of the UK’s three naval hubs, is home to Britain’s Trident programme, with four submarines armed with Trident missiles based there. Read more: What you need to know [...]
Is renewing the Trident nuclear programme necessary for UK defence in the modern world? Dr Andrew Futter, senior lecturer in international politics at the University of Leicester, says Yes The threats facing the UK today are unquestionably different to those of the Cold War – and nuclear weapons have little utility against cyber attacks, terrorists or climate change. But this is to misunderstand their role – they have only [...]
Labour and Tories battle over Trident: How much does it cost, how many submarines are there, who wants to abolish it? Labour and the Conservatives have become locked in a vicious fight today over the future of Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent. Defence secretary Michael Fallon kicked off the debate with a scathing article in The Times where he accused Labour of using Trident as a "bargaining chip" for a possible deal with the SNP after the [...]
This is how the SNP could get another referendum, scrap trident, and get a high-speed train to Edinburgh March 22, 2015 Just how costly for England could a Labour capitulation in Scotland be? Alex Salmond, the former leader of the Scottish National Party, has suggested that a pact between Labour and the SNP could end up costing Westminster a second referendum, its Trident nuclear programme, and more cash. Some polls suggest Labour could lose all its [...]
Scottish independence: Trident move could be cheaper and easier than previously thought August 14, 2014 If Scotland votes for independence in September's referendum, the future of the UK's Trident nuclear submarines may not be as uncertain as was previously thought. According to a new report from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), moving the Trident submarines out of Scotland would be "very difficult but not impossible". The report's authors said [...]