Why cost killed the K25 light cruiser

Was the K25 light cruiser cancelled because of cost or because too few 5.25-inch guns were available?

Mostly cost; wartime spending could expand gun supply, but decision-makers gave the resources higher priorities.

Cost was the main reason the Royal Navy abandoned the K25 light-cruiser proposal. A later follow-up asks whether shortages of 5.25-inch guns made the design impossible. Physical scarcity differed from wartime allocation: enough weapons could be produced if the government spent the money and gave the program priority. The decision concerned which useful demands deserved scarce resources rather than whether the cruiser was technically buildable.