The Latest Breaking News from Sizewell C

As nuclear plant is hit by further delay, real cost will be far higher after inflation is included, as project uses 2015 prices

The UK government says it will make available an additional GBP1.3 billion ($1.9 billion) in funding for the construction of the Sizewell C nuclear reactor project with French energy group EDF. The announcement from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero late on Monday takes the level of state…

The Prime Minister backed the cash boost for Sizewell C in Suffolk - nearly three months after Mr Johnson delivered his last policy speech as PM at the site saying the Government would back the development

There has also been speculation that the Sizewell C nuclear power plant could be delayed or scrapped.

Power plant could be victim of Jeremy Hunt’s belt-tightening Autumn Statement

The energy boss is committed to nuclear and renewable power, would hand over a chunk of profits to help with the winter crisis – but is not afraid of the ‘f’ word (fracking)

Tory MP claims contenders Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are ‘neck and neck’

Controversial technology ‘not a panacea’, PM warns his successor

The campaigners lined the road leading to the entrance to the Sizewell nuclear site in Suffolk as Mr Johnson was driven past.