THE GMB union has called on SNP ministers to deliver pre-election promises by securing the future of Scottish government-owned shipbuilder Ferguson Marine.

Former deputy first minister Kate Forbes announced the direct award of four new contracts earlier this year, for two small ferries and two fishery protection vessels, but none have yet been issued.

So far the yard has seen little of the £14.2 million modernisation investment promised by the government two years ago.

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