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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Mikey Smith

Ministers warned over 91 deaths at firm bidding for £1.6bn MoD warship deal

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and the Tory leadership candidates have been warned against handing a £1.6bn shipbuilding deal to an Indian firm.

Mumbai-based Larsen & Toubro, which describes itself as “India's premier infrastructure developer” has been accused of using “exploitative” labour standards.

According to the GMB union, their workers are paid about a third of the salary of UK shipbuilders, and there were an estimated 95,000 serious injuries at the company last year.

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