A decision on whether to proceed with the Sizewell C nuclear power station in the east of England has been delayed until the beginning of July.
The government had been set to decide by 25 May whether to move forward with the £20bn project to build two EPR units supplied by France’s state energy company EDF.
But in a written statement, parliamentary undersecretary for small business Paul Scully said the government needed more time to look at new information and has pushed back the deadline for its final decision to no later than 8 July.
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