Britain 'must have two aircraft carriers to be global player'

Britain must have two working aircraft carriers if it wants to be a global military player, a Foreign Office parliamentary aide has said.

A Government cost-cutting proposal to mothball or sell one of two carriers being built would be a poor use of public money, Tobias Ellwood MP said in a report for a military think tank.

Trying to rely on a single carrier would also undermine the UK’s ability to cope with international crises.

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