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Over 40,000 jobs will be lost in the next two years from British shipyards unless the Government acts. Send a strong message to ministers by clicking on the link to join our campaign and tell the Secretary of State for Defence to build these ships in Britain.

Keep Britain Afloat

Dear Minister,

The Government is prevaricating over the future of the Fleet Solid Support ship programme.  It’s time to commit to building these ships in Britain.

There can be no finer example of a ‘shovel ready’ programme that will help the weather the post coronavirus economic crisis.

FSS will pump £1.3bn into regional economies that rely on shipbuilding and level up the British economy. It will directly support 20,000 jobs in shipyards and a further 20,000 throughout its supply chain.

Before Brexit the Government said EU rules meant it had to have an international competition to build these ships. Well, we’ve left the EU now and the Government has invited overseas companies to take part in a pre-contract engagement.

Shipbuilding has already seen historic yards being closed and job losses announced because there is a gap between the end of the aircraft carrier programme and when the next naval ships are due to be built. The FSS will bridge that gap, without it our skill will be lost forever and they will not return.

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