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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jon Stone

Government cancels Brexit trade yacht plan ‘with immediate effect’

PA Media

The government has cancelled its plans to build a Brexit trade yacht with "immediate effect", the defence secretary has announced.

Speaking in the Commons on Monday Ben Wallace said the competition to construct a national flagship had been "terminated".

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