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Trident costs soar by £6bn
Cameron puts more cash aside for cold war weapons system
CP leader since 1998 announces he will retire at the first meeting of the new executive committee
THE COST of renewing Britain’s cold-war nuclear submarines could spiral past £40 billion, David Cameron revealed yesterday.
The government originally estimated the cost of replacing Britain’s four Trident submarines would set back taxpayers £25bn.
But manufacturing costs have now been revised up to at least £31bn, according to the Prime Minister’s defence review.
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