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Defence diversification is key to the future of British manufacturing
Work continues on HMS Anson, an Astute-class nuclear submarine. Arms industry workers have skills that will be crucial to reindustrialising Britain

THE Nuclear Education Trust’s (NET) new report examining experiences of defence diversification around the world and their lessons for Britain is extremely welcome.

Jeremy Corbyn has made it clear that a Labour government led by him would make big changes to Britain’s foreign policy.

He has apologised to the people of Iraq for the Blair government’s participation in the illegal invasion of the country in 2003, an unprovoked act of aggression that has led to over a million deaths and, through facilitating the exponential growth of al-Qaida and its Isis offshoot, played a large part in fuelling current warfare across the Middle East and the escalating refugee crisis.

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