Firstly thank you all for you input and advice, I have just realised that posing a question here opens up a lot of good feedback and a good learning curb.
@ bodrighywood After reading your response I did some more digging into Axminster and found this
https://community.axminstertools.com/t/so-where-is-the-axminster-hobby-ts-200-table-saw-actually-made/601 which I found interesting and that lead me onto checking through the AT406WL user manual to find that it comes from Taiwan. Following that I have noticed on the Axminster site if looking through chuck jaws all that I have looked at now have a Made In Britain log which is missing from the individual lathe pages.
@ Paul Hannaby as above I read through the Record Coronet Envoy user manual and in there EU Declaration of conformity they list everything that the machine will conform to but fail to state where it is manufactured. I scrolled down to the end to get there phone number to find out that a 09:15 on a Thursday the offices are closed but then noticed in the smallest print right at the end the Made in china.
@Mike313 Thank you for that I have started shopping around and have found some on ebay that will need a lot of restoration but then I do like a challenge so right now this is a strong possibility I just need to do more investigation into thread sizes a mortise taper sizes as I will need something compatible with standard chucks. If I can pick one up at a reasonable price I could easily install an inverter speed-control so that would not be a big deal.
@Bill21 your comments have proven to be correct for both Axminster and Record.
@Redwill and Danny I have had a look at the Vicmarc they do look like lovely machines but will be out of my price range for what I need unless that jackpot comes in tonight
@Duncan A Thank you I know the topic has been mainly around a British made lathe but I appreciate your extra comment and helping me understand the function or the reverse all makes perfect sense now.
I know a lot of people don’t agree with my opinion of trying to support local industry my wife thinks I am totally overboard when it comes to shopping and I do realise that most of what is bought invariably at least some part if not most parts are manufactured in China. Personally I want to give as little of my money as possible to the Chinese government. I also do feel better about the quality of locally made products and this seems to show as I always believed in record have a bench pillar drill of there’s and a bench grinder but reading articles there is one in this forum about problems with chuck jaws aligning and I did see that a while back on youtube with and American turner who had the same issue with a record chuck I just wish I could remember her name to look it up again.
So knowing what I now know my choices are either accepting a lathe built in Taiwan, refurbishing a Union Graduate unless there any suggestions to any EU or other countries lathes that I could get for around the £2000 budget.