Agreement to make reactors for Royal Navy will create more than 1,000 jobs and safeguard 4,000 other roles

The British engineering company Rolls-Royce has struck its biggest ever deal with the Ministry of Defence with a £9bn contract to make nuclear submarine reactors for the Royal Navy.

The government said the deal, which will create more than 1,000 jobs and safeguard 4,000 other roles, will boost UK national security and drive economic growth.