Dropping jet development would be akin to scrapping Spitfire in 1930s, MPs told
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MPs have approved legislation related to the governance arrangements for the Global Combat Air Programme.
Britain withdrawing from developing next-generation fighter jets would be the equivalent of scrapping the Spitfire programme in the 1930s, according to the shadow defence secretary.