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Calls to review £200m Navy workboat deal awarded abroad
GMB Scotland warns the £200 million contract offshore award risks UK jobs, skills, and industrial capacity, urging ministers to secure UK workshare and strengthen oversight.
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Calls to review £200m Navy workboat deal awarded abroad
A major trade union has urged the government to intervene in the Defence Maritime Services replacement programme after a £200 million contract for Royal Navy support vessels was awarded to Dutch shipbuilder Damen, the UK Defence Journal understands. In a letter sent to Defence Secretary John Healey and Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander, GMB Scotland said the decision to allow construction of a 24-vessel workboat fleet outside the UK exposed s…
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