Ministers have 'complete confidence' in Trident nuclear deterrence

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins has stressed Britain's nuclear deterrence is in order after a Trident missile misfired during a test.

Ms Atkins said the failure was "an anomaly that was event-specific".

The Ministry of Defence has insisted Trident is "safe, secure and effective".

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matter as it is a national security issue and "the very nature of it means the people that about these things, I'm afraid, is a very, very, small group of people in very, very secure circumstances".

She says the failure was "an anomaly that was event specific" - adding that "it has been corrected, and we have complete confidence in the system".

"This is a really important part of our defence system and we as Conservatives fully, fully support and understand the importance of a nuclear deterrent," she says.