Investment aims to boost clean energy and create 10,000 jobs, but critics warn of spiralling costs

The Chancellor will announce £14.2billion to pay for a new reactor at the site in Suffolk, with the plant eventually powering 6million homes.

Investment aims to boost clean energy and create 10,000 jobs, but critics warn of spiralling costs

The Suffolk plant is expected to take around a decade to complete

Environmentalists and campaign groups have argued it will impact local wildlife and is ‘too slow’ to combat climate change

Chancellor signs off on £14.2 billion of investment to build the new Sizewell C nuclear plant