Wales ‘to benefit’ in defence boost

UK Defence Secretary John Healey has unveiled a new strategy to make defence an “engine for growth” across the UK, promising thousands of jobs and stronger regional economies.

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The Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS), launched on a visit to Bristol firm Rowden, will create five new Defence Growth Deals across the UK backed by £250 million over the next five years.

Mr Healey said the plan would make the UK the best place in the world to start and grow a defence company while putting Britain “at the leading edge of innovation”.