Campaigners today urge the Tories not to slap British workers with a “double betrayal” by ordering foreign steel for a shipbuilding deal handed to a Spanish-led bid.
Unions and MPs were furious in December when the £1.6billion contract for three Fleet Solid Support vessels was awarded to the Team Resolute consortium, led by Madrid-based Navantia.
While 1,200 jobs will be created in the UK - including at Harland & Wolff in Belfast - much of the work will take place in Cadiz.
