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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Australia’s $4.6bn Aukus funding to help create more than 1,000 jobs in UK, Rolls-Royce says

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The Australian government will send A$4.6bn (£2.4bn) to the UK over the next 10 years to ensure the Rolls-Royce nuclear reactor production line in Derby can supply reactors for use in Adelaide-built submarines. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP

Australia’s Aukus funding will help create more than 1,000 new jobs in Derby in the United Kingdom, according to the beneficiary, Rolls-Royce.

The project – which is jointly funded by the UK’s Ministry of Defence – is also expected to see the construction of new office space in addition to manufacturing facilities.

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