The Government should reverse its decision to award the Thameslink rolling stock contract to Siemens in Germany in preference to Bombardier in the UK, the TUC and unions urged last month.
Following a meeting with Transport Secretary Philip Hammond, Deputy General Secretary Frances O'Grady expressed grave disappointment that the Government refused to review its decision.
'We were appalled to learn that no jobs impact assessment has been carried out and we have urged the Secretary of State to do so because we believe that the long-term costs to the taxpayer of the loss of thousands of jobs will prove to be more expensive', she said.
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