Attlee's fiscal priorities and the Malta cancellation

Did Britain's postwar debt and Attlee's other priorities make cancellation of the Malta class unavoidable?

They made the choice understandable, but Britain could instead have sold light carriers and concentrated resources on Malta.

Attlee faced enormous debt and competing domestic priorities. The criticism here is narrower: Britain continued cheaper light-fleet carriers partly for export, whereas selling those hulls and completing Malta might have produced a stronger long-term fleet investment.