Trident renewal central to defence spending, says Andy Burnham

Per The Guardian, Prime Minister Andy Burnham will travel to Barrow-in-Furness on Thursday to launch the next phase of the Trident nuclear submarine replacement programme. The Dreadnought-class submarines, built in the Cumbrian town, cost thirty-one billion pounds—an investment Burnham frames as central to revitalizing communities and reindustrializing Britain.

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