The defence secretary, Phillip Hammond, speaks after it was announced BAE Systems will stop building warships in Portsmouth, meaning a total of 1,800 job losses there and in Scotland
6 Nov 2013: Dan Milmo: BAE is closing Portsmouth shipyard – but it could have been different if successive governments had guided the industry to a sustainable future
27 Oct 2013: Business leader: If collective bargaining fails in a heavily unionised workplace, what hope is there for unions – or for wider employee rights?
Unite's leader, Len McCluskey, said shop stewards had decided they had to embrace the survival plan in the wake of Ineos's decision to close the petrochemicals complex