Minister defends Typhoon support amid RAF order calls

Minister defends Typhoon support amid RAF order calls

The government has defended its support for the Eurofighter Typhoon as MPs pressed for a fresh order of the jets for the Royal Air Force, during defence questions in the House of Commons. The Labour MP for Hyndburn, Sarah Smith, raised the tens of thousands of jobs in Lancashire that depend on fast jet production, telling the House that Britain needed new jets and had to maintain the skills required to build the next generation. She asked the go…