Using BAE job losses to beat the SNP is risky

The Govan shipyard

This morning, BAE confirmed what had been trailed heavily last night: the company is to shut down the shipbuilding yard at Portsmouth and focus instead on Govan and Scotstoun on the Clyde. The company is consulting on cutting 1,775 jobs across the UK as it adjusts to future life without the massive contract to build the UK’s two aircraft carriers.

This could have been a difficult moment for the coalition. Large-scale job losses can cause devastation for local communities and economies, and the political consequences are even greater when the government is responsible for those jobs in the first place.

Ministers on the other hand, argue the job losses were inevitable – and they are right.

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Source: http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2013/11/using-bae-job-losses-to-beat-the-snp-is-risky/

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