Government reveals impact of Covid-19 on Barrow-built Dreadnought submarine programme
THE delivery of the Barrow-built Dreadnought submarine programme has not been affected by disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The submarine building programme, which will make-up the UK’s nuclear deterrent, is on track and on budget, the Government has said. In an update to Parliament, the Government set out what progress had been made, accepting the ‘strategic shock’ from the pandemic had an impact on the future nuclear deterrent programme. But changing working practices has meant that significant progress has been over the year. Thousands of staff at Barrow’s sh...
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