Faslane dry docks and research ship to be built in UK, says chancellor
The plan backs British shipyards and jobs as the docks will modernize submarine maintenance and support current and future nuclear boats.
- Chancellor John Healey announced a £6 billion strategic shipbuilding package requiring three new floating dry docks for HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane to be procured exclusively through a UK-only competition.
- The specialized floating docks form a key component of Programme Euston, a £15 billion infrastructure overhaul aimed at supporting maintenance and upgrades for Britain's nuclear submarine fleet through the 2030s.
- The package also includes at least £115 million in government funding to build a new UK marine research vessel to replace the aging *Cefas Endeavour*, which has been operational for over two decades.
- Addressing delegates at the Labour Party conference, Healey framed the domestic manufacturing push as the start of a "new age of industrialisation" designed to safeguard UK defence supply chains and support thousands of regional engineering jobs.
- Opposition figures and industry critics characterized the announcement as "reheated," noting that preliminary procurement plans for the Faslane upgrades had originally been outlined under the previous administration.
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