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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze

Handing UK shipyards £1.5bn supply vessels deal 'will create or save 6,700 jobs'

Building three naval supply ships in Britain would create or save 6,700 jobs, MPs have been told.

Campaigners have stepped up demands for the Fleet Solid Support vessels to be made in the UK, amid mounting fears the Government will give some of the work to foreign firms.

MPs and unions want a British consortium, known as Team UK, to win the £1.5billion contract.

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