Defence secretary Michael Fallon has pledged £642m of investment for the Successor nuclear submarine programme, including £225m for new facilities at BAE Systems’ site in Barrow-in-Furness where the submarines would be assembled.
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If Bill Kidd MSP and his fellow parliamentarians around the globe win a Nobel Peace Prize for campaigning against nuclear weapons, he will be able to trace it back to a school lesson when he was eight. The SNP member for Glasgow Anniesland was amongst those nominated for the recognition as part of the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND), a co-chairman for the group that counts more than 800 elected members around the world.
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Labour’s biggest financial backers tonight emphasised their backing for the renewal of Trident – in a fresh challenge to Jeremy Corbyn.
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