rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/form/uk-defence-crisis-starmer-act-now?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-form-area-uk-defence-crisis-starmer-act-now' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Unite Action Network https://actionnetwork.org/groups/unite-action https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/forms/photos/000/755/223/normal/Defenceheader1.jpeg Government dithering is putting thousands of skilled jobs at risk and threatening the specialist expertise the UK aerospace industry needs. Call on Keir Starmer and the UK Government to: 1. Protect jobs and skills - Commit to new Typhoon and Airbus aircraft orders to secure high-skilled aerospace jobs, protect UK manufacturing capacity, and sustain the specialist skills the defence industry depends on for the future. 2. Invest in British manufacturing - Award the new medium-lift helicopter contract to Leonardo, securing 3,500 jobs in manufacturing at its Yeovil plant in Somerset. 3. Build in Britain - Guarantee that the Ministry of Defence’s Military Satellite Communications System (Skynet) continues to be built in Portsmouth and Stevenage, as it has been for the past 20 years. With President Trump once again issuing threats that undermine global stability, the case for buying British and investing in our own defence capability has never been stronger. Communities like Yeovil, Portsmouth and Wharton depend on these jobs. The country depends on the work products these jobs create. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/uk-defence-crisis-starmer-act-now