The Churchill cruiser answer to the Alaska class

What would a better-funded Royal Navy build in response to the Alaska class?

Twelve-gun 9.2-inch Churchill cruisers could provide an efficient overseas presence and remain in service for many years.

A better-funded Royal Navy could answer Alaska with the designs sometimes called Churchill cruisers. Their proposed battery is twelve 9.2-inch guns. They could perform overseas presence duties efficiently and remain useful for a long service life. Later defence cuts are the suggested limit on that hypothetical career.