PM: Barrow a blueprint for positive impact of defence spending across the country

Barrow is a blueprint for how defence spending can boost communities up and down the country, the Prime Minister will say while on a visit to the town today.

  • Keir Starmer joins Vanguard Class submarine crew returning home from nuclear deterrent patrol to thank them for their silent service
  • Comes as he visits Barrow to lay the keel of the next generation Dreadnought submarine, the next generation of the UK’s nuclear deterrent.
  • Prime Minister announces His Majesty The King will confer the ‘Royal’ title to the Port of Barrow in recognition of the town’s unique and critical contribution to national security
  • New £28 million funding package for T-Levels set to benefit Furness College in Barrow to support submarine builders of the future.

PM: Barrow a blueprint for positive impact of defence spending across the country – GOV.UK