Trident costs must come from MoD budget, Osborne says

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The full £20bn cost of renewing the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent must be paid for by the Ministry of Defence, George Osborne has said.

Traditionally, the Treasury has always found the money for the submarines.

The chancellor's comments come as Defence Secretary Liam Fox warned it would be "very difficult" to maintain other MoD projects if more than half its budget went on funding Trident.

It may spark a political row, said BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10812825

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1. Good.

> The full £20bn cost of renewing the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent
> must be paid for by the Ministry of Defence, George Osborne has said.

About bloody time too. It's disgraceful how Trident has always been given
a "special case" card throughout the years.


> The chancellor's comments come as Defence Secretary Liam Fox warned it would
> be "very difficult" to maintain other MoD projects if more than half its budget
> went on funding Trident.

Well then Liam, time to cull the white elephant that has been draining the
taxpayers money for decades. Just do it.