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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Boris Johnson tells next PM to 'go nuclear' as he pledges £700m for Sizewell C

Boris Johnson has given the green light to a new nuclear reactor as he blamed the last Labour government for "myopia" over energy policy.

Mr Johnson pledged £700 million for the Sizewell C nuclear power station project in Suffolk in his final major policy speech as Prime Minister and said he was "absolutely confident it will get over the line".

In a message to the successor, he said: “Go nuclear, go large, go with Sizewell C.”

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