The Government has agreed to seek to establish a new House of Commons-only committee to conduct scrutiny of Defence Nuclear Enterprise (DNE) expenditure and programmes. This follows a recommendation from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in its 2024 report ‘Scrutiny of sound financial practice across Government’. The Government’s formal response to the PAC’s report can be found in the June 2026 Treasury Minute Progress Report. This Committee will fulfil one of the recommendations in the recent Strategic Defence Review, to sustain long-term support for the UK’s nuclear deterrent by providing the public with the confidence that taxpayer money is being spent…
