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Labour will remove nuclear weapons from Scotland
One of the Vanguard Class Ship nuclear submarines in dry dock at HM Naval Base Clyde, the home of the UK Submarine Service at Faslane in Argyll and Bute

A LABOUR government would work to remove nuclear weapons from Scotland, the party’s leader north of the border has said.

Richard Leonard would like to see Britain’s Trident weapons system withdrawn from its base on the River Clyde.

The Scottish Labour leader, who is a member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), claims a Labour prime minister would seek to boost international talks on getting rid of nuclear weapons.

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