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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Policy editor

Infrastructure cuts to pay for defence will cost UK 10,000 jobs, analysis shows

Prime Minister Keir Starmer stands in an aeronautics factory
Keir Starmer visits an aeronautics factory in Berkshire. Researchers believe defence supply chains are highly international and could result in jobs being created in other countries. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Keir Starmer’s decision to cut billions of pounds of infrastructure spending to pay for more defence equipment will end up costing the UK 10,000 jobs, according to an analysis of the government’s own figures.

The prime minister announced this week he was putting an extra £15bn into defence investment to revamp the country’s armed forces and boost British manufacturing.

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