BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Brown move to cut UK nuclear subs: "The prime minister is to tell the United Nations that he is willing to cut the UK's fleet of Trident missile-carrying submarines from four to three.
Gordon Brown will make the offer at a meeting of the UN Security Council on halting the spread of nuclear weapons and reducing existing stockpiles.
The proposed cuts come as the government searches for ways to reduce the massive deficit in public finances.
However Number 10 said keeping the UK's nuclear missiles was 'non-negotiable'.
At the UN meeting, Mr Brown will call for all nations to come together to achieve the long-term ambition of a nuclear-free world."
Gordon Brown will make the offer at a meeting of the UN Security Council on halting the spread of nuclear weapons and reducing existing stockpiles.
The proposed cuts come as the government searches for ways to reduce the massive deficit in public finances.
However Number 10 said keeping the UK's nuclear missiles was 'non-negotiable'.
At the UN meeting, Mr Brown will call for all nations to come together to achieve the long-term ambition of a nuclear-free world."
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