Barrow-in-Furness
town and seaport in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
- Jul 30
UK invests £8.4bn in Dreadnought nuclear submarines as Burnham ties defence to jobs
Prime Minister Andy Burnham unveiled £8.4 billion for the next phase of the Dreadnought-class submarine programme during a visit to Barrow-in-Furness, framing the nuclear deterrent as both a security guarantee and an engine for reindustrialisation.
- Jun 30
England's maternity system unsafe and discriminatory, review finds as government appoints first commissioner
Baroness Amos's long-awaited investigation finds a system marked by poor care, racism, and a failure to listen, while bereaved families label a proposed national maternity commissioner 'fundamentally dangerous' and renew calls for a statutory public inquiry.
