Summary
Hopes of bringing forward naval contracts to save more than 1,500 shipbuilding jobs on the Tyne were dashed by a Government minister yesterday.
Defence procurement minister Lord Bach said the Government had "no solution" to the problem of falling orders faced by the industry in the North.See the full content of this document
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'We Won't Bail Out Shipyard'
And he ruled out any financial aid to support Swan Hunter when its Wallsend yard runs out of work in 2006 in a move attacked by politicians and unions as "a slap in the face" and likely to cost the region much-needed sk...
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