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Rolls-Royce looks to civil nuclear after MoD contract

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I am baffled as to why the taxpayer is required to fund a Rolls Royce capital project like this. Why can't they raise the money themselves? Also, £500m works out at an enormous £1.7 million per job. Other projects could provide far more jobs for a similar sum. What about building some affordable houses at this time of great shortage?

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22 Jun 2012

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3:24 pm

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