Unite general secretary Sharon Graham warned that awarding the £2.4bn Skynet 6 satellite contract to Lockheed Martin would put up to 600 UK jobs at risk.
Why it mattersThis contract is a test of whether Labour will back British manufacturing by keeping high-skilled defence work onshore rather than sending it to a US rival.
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