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News 2010
04/06/2010
Unite National Policy Conference Debate on Trident Replacement Main Points
Nick Miller, north west aerospace and shipbuilding, says protecting members' jobs is key. He warns cancelling the nuclear deterrent now won't alter mindset of rogue states in possession of nuclear arms.
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03/06/2010
Unite urges Cable to back Sheffield Forgemasters
Unite the union has written (see notes to editors) to Vince Cable, secretary of state for Business, Innovation and Skills warning that failure to support loans including a crucial loan to an advanced manufacturing company, Sheffield Forgemasters, will cost thousands of jobs and jeopardise Britain's preparations to build a new generation of nuclear power stations.
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01/06/2010
BAE’s top gun retires after life of service
A BARROW man who joined the shipyard’s armaments plant as an office boy and rose to become its boss, believes he is leaving it in good shape.
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01/06/2010
MoD savings drive to hit equipment
The Ministry of Defence is set to review about 20 equipment procurement projects, worth £10bn in total, as part of its drive to cut costs. The move follows a statement by the Treasury last month that all large procurement decisions announced by the previous Labour government that required the department’s approval would have to be re-submitted.
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01/06/2010
Trident discussion in House Of Commons foreign policy and defence debate
“ a barnstorming performance by Julian Lewis in last week's Queens Speech Debate.
.. here's what Julian Lewis had to say on the matter of Trident.
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01/06/2010
World military spending soars in spite of recession
At a time when governments across the world have been borrowing heavily in order to spend, it seems the defence industry has benefited more than most.
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01/06/2010
Union told it should back the UK defence industry
A CAMPAIGN to support the future of shipbuilding in Barrow has called for a national union to back the UK defence industry.
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28/05/2010
Don’t cut your defence budget too deeply, Nato chief warns Britain
Nato’s Secretary-General warned Britain yesterday not to cut defence spending too deeply as it grapples with its budget deficit
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25/05/2010
Docking cradle will carry Astute
A CRADLE that won’t rock has been built for Barrow’s new £1.2bn Astute-class submarines.
The cradle has been installed at the Devonport Dockyard by the Babcock company, which is UK’s largest naval support provider.
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19/05/2010
Clegg Should 'Get Real' on U.K.'s Trident Replacement
During Britain's recent parliamentary elections, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg argued that the U.K. should scrap the proposed "like-for-like" replacement of its submarine-based nuclear deterrent, known as Trident, with a similar modernized system.
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