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PM calls for more checks on Joint Strike Fighter contract
Channel 4 News political editor Gary Gibbon on the saga over the contract for Joint Strike Fighter jets
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Channel 4 News political editor Gary Gibbon on the saga over the contract for Joint Strike Fighter jets
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