Prospect: Defence Jobs Plan must double down on today's defence procurement announcement and deliver quality jobs

Mike Clancy, General Secretary of leading defence union Prospect, responding to today's announcement about defence procurement and UK jobs, said:

Plans for the creation of British jobs and skills to be a prerequisite for foreign defence contracts are welcome. Then best way to ensure public support for increased defence spending is to visibly create good quality jobs and drive economic benefit in communities across the UK.

We need to see tangible new investments as a result of this approach, and it must generate good quality unionised jobs. The forthcoming Defence Jobs Plan must double down on this approach, with a focus on ensuring that new defence jobs are good quality and accessible to all.