Ministers must give greater protection to UK jobs by favouring British defence manufacturers over buying military equipment from overseas, Labour has urged.
Party leader Sir Keir Starmer was backing a “British-built by default” approach, rather than an “open competition” policy that sees off-the-shelf equipment purchased from abroad.
More than £6 billion of spending recently set out by the Government will be spent on surveillance aircraft from overseas, according to Labour analysis.
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer (Ian Forsyth/PA)
But the Ministry of Defence (MoD) defended its strategy, arguing it will see a departure from global competition to boost British manufacturing.
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