LONDON, July 16 (Reuters) - The British government is to delay major spending decisions on a 20 billion pound ($32.8 billion) replacement for its nuclear weapons system until next year, a government official said on Thursday.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the government was postponing key decisions on a replacement for its Trident submarine-based system because it wanted to see the outcome of nuclear non-proliferation talks next May.
"Because of the review conference in May next year, we will delay decisions that involve spending significant sums of money into 2010," the official said.
(Reporting by Adrian Croft; Editing by Keith Weir)