Ministry of Defence told to make new £1.5bn fleet of ships in Britain. MoD has said it is open to international suppliers but Labour wants the Government to give the contract to British workers
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John Healey, the shadow defence secretary, told The Telegraph: “If we fail to back British skills we risk losing them for good and weakening both our security and industrial base for the future.”
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“They are selling Britain short by not putting the work into UK shipyards. No other major military nation has ordered naval support ships from foreign yards,” he said.
Mr Healey urged the Government to consider that “what can be built in Britain now, must be built in Britain”.
“And long-term defence and security procurement, must also involve plans to develop the UK’s future capacity to build in Britain. This is one test by which we will judge the Government’s new Integrated Review of defence and security.”
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John Healey, the shadow defence secretary, told The Telegraph: “If we fail to back British skills we risk losing them for good and weakening both our security and industrial base for the future.”
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“They are selling Britain short by not putting the work into UK shipyards. No other major military nation has ordered naval support ships from foreign yards,” he said.
Mr Healey urged the Government to consider that “what can be built in Britain now, must be built in Britain”.
“And long-term defence and security procurement, must also involve plans to develop the UK’s future capacity to build in Britain. This is one test by which we will judge the Government’s new Integrated Review of defence and security.”
This is what Labour used to be like in the 70s when I supported them, putting British working people first and keeping skills in our own nation.
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