Putin and spending squeeze sink plans for royal yacht replacement
Briefly

A 250 million scheme to create a successor to the Royal Yacht Britannia has been scrapped in response to a Whitehall spending squeeze and Vladimir Putin's actions in Ukraine.The national flagship plan was sunk by Rishi Sunak's administration as funding is prioritised on measures designed to bolster protection against Russia.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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