Following EDF’s announcement on 24 January that the start of operations at Hinkley Point C may be delayed from June 2027 until as late as 2031, a French economy ministry official has reportedly said that the British government has to increase its funding for the project.

EDF also said on 24 January that the costs of the Hinkley Point C project – the UK’s first new nuclear power station in over 25 years and the first to use French EPR reactor technology – will increase cost to £46bn (€53bn) at today’s prices from the initial cost of £18bn.