UK national press

Press Association - Lib Dem demands Trident review move

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19 August, 2010

 
Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell has called for the Trident nuclear weapons system to be included in the comprehensive review of Britain's defence capabilities.

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Telegraph - George Osborne insists Trident will be funded by the Ministry of Defence

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18 August, 2010
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk

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by Laura Roberts 
The bill to replace the Trident nuclear deterrent will be paid by the Ministry of Defence, George Osborne has insisted. The Chancellor said he was ''very clear'' that the cost would be met by the MoD.

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Daily Mail - Trident? It's not vital to people on housing benefits, says Nick Clegg

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17 August, 2010
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk

Daily Mail source
 
by Tim Shipman
 
Nick Clegg angered Tories yesterday by suggesting that housing benefit payments are more important than the Trident nuclear deterrent.
 
On his first day 'holding the fort' for David Cameron, Mr Clegg said it would be difficult to sell spending cuts to those on benefits while 'huge, huge' amounts were being spent on Trident missiles.
 

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Telegraph - Nick Clegg: 'Trident replacement makes welfare cuts harder to justify'

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Date: 
16 August, 2010
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph source
 
by James Kirkup
 
Spending “huge, huge” sums to replace the Trident nuclear weapon will make it harder for ministers to justify cuts in spending in areas like welfare, Nick Clegg has said.
 
The Deputy Prime Minister also suggested that the money for the nuclear weapon would be better spent elsewhere and said the final decisions on a replacement have not yet been taken.

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Sunday Telegraph - Letters: Trident shouldn’t lead to more defence cuts

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Date: 
15 August, 2010
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Sunday Telegraph source
 
Leading defence experts call for Trident's replacement to be agreed without the diversion of any resources from the existing core defence budget. SIR – We call upon the Prime Minister to authorise the Trident replacement programme in its entirety, without diverting any resources from the existing core defence budget. Our conventional Armed Forces are chronically over-stretched and seriously under-resourced; they cannot withstand further reductions in their budget in order to fund the Trident replacement.

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