The new Sizewell C nuclear power station is expected to get the final go-ahead during an Anglo-French summit in London next month, as UK ministers edge towards securing billions of investment from the private sector.
The UK government — which owns the Sizewell C project alongside French state-owned energy company EDF — is keen to begin construction at the Suffolk site, the second in a proposed fleet of new nuclear reactors to help boost Britain’s supplies of low-carbon electricity.
Darren Jones, a Treasury minister, told the Financial Times earlier this year that the final investment decision for Sizewell C, where shareholders formally commit to the investment, would be “at the spending review” on June 11.