Rishi Sunak gave the green light to a key plank of Boris Johnson ’s legacy by pumping £679million of taxpayers’ cash into a new nuclear power plant.
The Prime Minister backed the cash injection for Sizewell C in Suffolk - nearly three months after Mr Johnson delivered his last policy speech as PM at the site saying the Government would back the development.
The project, which supporters say could create 10,000 jobs, is led by French firm EDF, which is largely state-owned.
