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CLAIMS that a Trident nuclear weapons depot had to be closed due to a dangerous radiation breach have been denied by the Royal Navy.

Britain’s government has scrapped a 250 million-pound ($288 million) plan to build a national flagship that was supposed to tour the world as a “floating embassy” amid a public spending squeeze and to prioritize funding for boosting U.K. defenses against Russia

The national flagship yacht was meant to promote the UK abroad

John Healey travels to Brussels for negotiations with coalition leaders and ambassadors from member countries

A £250 million scheme to create a successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia has been scrapped as part of a squeeze on government spending. The national flagship plan was sunk by Rishi Sunak’s administration as Whitehall braced for cuts in the November 17 autumn statement by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. The…

Defence capabilities prioritised over Johnson’s £250m ‘vanity project’ for successor to HMY Britannia

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said working with companies based abroad meant UK armed forces would always have the "best" equipment

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the priority was on new vessels to protect undersea cables rather than a ‘national flagship’.

The idea of replacing the Royal Yacht Britannia has been well and truly sunk as Jeremy Hunt prepares to announce billions of pounds of spending cuts and tax rises at the Autumn Statement

Defence secretary says competition has been ‘terminated’