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Monday, February 07, 2011

Nuclear safety cuts concern

Trafalgar-class submarineThe SNP has seized on a warning from Ministry of Defence trade union officials that nuclear safety is being put at risk by jobs cuts and privatisation proposals.

A report in a Scottish Sunday newspaper today reveals that Prospect, the trade union that represents engineers, scientists and managers at Faslane, believes that safety is being jeopardised at the nuclear submarine base on the Clyde because of privatisation and cutbacks by the Tory-led government.

Commenting, SNP Westminster leader and Defence spokesperson Angus Robertson MP said:

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