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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Tories 'will try to axe new aircraft carriers on day one in power'


A Conservative government would consider getting out of the £3.5 billion aircraft carrier project on its first day in power, union leaders claimed yesterday.

Shadow defence secretary Dr Liam Fox was said to have revealed that he would investigate "break clauses", at a meeting with unions in parliament yesterday.

The carriers – due to be named HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales – are to be built in four dockyards across the UK, including the Clyde.

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