luke pollard said the uk still had every nuclear sub it had ever owned, with 13 in plymouth and sevens time for the government to deal with the problem. it would be easy for me to make for cheap headlines by saying there is a safety risk of these submarines, but populism is not my style. so i want to be clear that there is no immediate safety risk to our local communities from these submarines. but plymouth and rosyth cannot be asked to look after these submarines indefinitely without a plan for their disposal. now, these submarines are not only taking up valuable space in our dockyards, but they are costing the taxpayer millions of pounds a year in storage and maintenance costs. the public accounts committee have today released a report which puts the cost at the taxpayer at £13 million a year. this money could and should be used for dismantling and de—fuelling those submarines and finally dealing with these retired boats. the report warns the mod is reaching a crisis point in terms of space. it says of the mod will run out of space to store the submarines by the mid—2020s. so he sai

luke pollard said the uk still had every nuclear sub it's ever owned, with 13 in plymouth and seven iney are costing the taxpayers millions of pounds a year in storage and maintenance costs. the public accounts committee have today released a report that puts the cost for the taxpayer at £30 million a year. this money could and should be used for dismantling and de—fuelling those submarines and finally dealing with these retired boats. the report warns the mod are reaching a crisis point in terms of space. it says that the mod will run out of space to store these submarines by the mid—2020s. there's to be a by—election in brecon and radnorshire after more than 10% of voters signed a petition recalling the sitting mp. chris davies. the conservative, admitted a false expenses claim at southwark crown court in march. it's the second time an mp has been removed by voters. there will now be a by—election, in which mr davies will be able to stand if he wishes. the court of appeal has ordered the government to review the way it grants export licences for arms sales to saudi arabia. ministers