Satellite firm row deepens with Europe

By The Newsroom

Published 15th May 2018, 19:43 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 08:23 BST

A ROW over the basing of a hi-tech satellite firm, which is likely to see 100 jobs in Portsmouth being moved to Europe, has intensified as the government announced new actions.

Whitehall has threatened to withhold security clearance for companies working on Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system.

It is the latest salvo in a bitter tussle between Brussels and the UK over the multi-billion pound system, which has its ground control site – run by tech firm Airbus – based in Portsmouth.