Boris Johnson is due to announce a new energy strategy for the UK on Thursday in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the rising cost of domestic energy bills.
The Prime Minister has been talking to the nuclear industry, the renewables sector and the North Sea oil and gas companies as he gears up for the launch.
But the strategy is hamstrung between pitting old forms of carbon energy production like oil and gas against climate change targets and has met opposition from the UK Treasury to the massive spending required to develop new nuclear power plants.
