He wrote that less than half of the urgently required maintenance will be completed over the next five years, leaving council buildings in a declining condition and jeopardising future service delivery for the public.

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These developments are likely to result in accelerated decommissioning costs, increased capital expenditures for higher cost replacement generation, lower reserve margins, and higher operating costs at existing nuclear plants as a result of increased scrutiny, more stringent safety procedures, and longer required maintenance outages.

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This required the maintenance of our own, effective military forces and, if possible, close collaboration with key allies.

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