Staff shortages have prevented an official watchdog from completing all “essential tasks” to ensure the safety of the UK nuclear weapons programme, according to a previously confidential Ministry of Defence (MoD) report.
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A LABOUR government would work to remove nuclear weapons from Scotland, the party’s leader north of the border has said. Richard Leonard would like to see Britain’s Trident weapons system withdrawn from its base on the River Clyde. The Scottish Labour leader, who is a member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), claims a Labour prime minister would seek to boost international talks on getting rid of nuclear weapons.
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