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Trident cash could pay for teachers, doctors, cops etc
Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, at HM Naval Base Clyde

THE annual cost of renewing and maintaining Trident could instead fund the training of almost 3,000 public-sector workers, new analysis published today has found.

The Scottish National Party, which is opposed to the nuclear missiles based at the Clyde naval base on the west coast of Scotland, says £180 million per year is being “wasted” on Trident.

This sum of money could be used to train almost 750 nurses, 370 police officers, 1,500 teachers, and 235 doctors with the tools of their trades in Scotland, the party says.

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