UK prime minister Boris Johnson has given his strongest signal yet that he will announce government funding for a new nuclear power station before leaving office next Tuesday (6 September).
The prime minister is understood to have privately taken the decision to press ahead with the Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk, southeast England several weeks ago.
Johnson is expected to address the current energy crisis and the need to step up power production in a major speech during his “farewell tour” of the UK this week.
Speaking earlier this week, he made clear that nuclear will feature in that announcement.
The prime minister is understood to have privately taken the decision to press ahead with the Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk, southeast England several weeks ago.
Johnson is expected to address the current energy crisis and the need to step up power production in a major speech during his “farewell tour” of the UK this week.
Speaking earlier this week, he made clear that nuclear will feature in that announcement.
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