Future of the Royal Navy
Future planning of the Royal Navy's capabilities is set through periodic Defence Reviews carried out by the UK Government. In July 2024, the newly elected Labour Government launched a Strategic Defence Review, the results of which began to be released in the first half of 2025. The Secretary of State for Defence, John Healey, had been overseeing the review. However, he resigned on 11 June 2026, indicating his dissatisfaction with the Government's failure to provide adequate funding for defence. The Armed Forces Minister, Al Carns, also resigned at that time. In November 2024, the government had announced some initial results of the review which involved the retirement of the Navy's Albion-class assault ships, one frigate as well as two Wave-class replenishment vessels from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary by March 2025. In June 2025, initial recommendations of the Strategic Defence Review were released, along with an announcement by the government that it would aim to incrementally increase the...
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