World Update from BBC News
MoD 'to pay for Trident renewal'The chancellor says the MoD, not the Treasury, will have to pay the £20bn cost of renewing the UK's nuclear deterrent, putting further pressure on the defence budget.Welfare reform options outlinedMinisters are to set out options for reforming the benefits system and moving people from welfare into work.Lockerbie inquiry 'may visit UK'The US senator, who is to chair a congressional inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber release, tells the BBC he may send investigators to the UK.FBI to aid Afghan war leak probeUS Defence Secretary Robert Gates calls in the FBI to help investigate the leaking of 90,000 classified papers related to the Afghan war.Public to veto council tax risesThe public will be able to veto their council tax bills in England if charges are above an agreed limit, ministers will announce.
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