Claim: The Tories just refused to support 6500 jobs and £1 billion for our economy by not guaranteeing that 3 new Royal Navy ships will be built in Britain.
Fact-check: Did the Conservatives refuse to support 6500 British shipbuilding jobs? - Full Fact
Verdict: these numbers assume that if a british shipbuilder won the contract, they would exclusively use british labour and goods. that's uncertain. the £1 billion estimate is unconfirmed.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2018-07-25T00:00:00