The Government’s nuclear power push may initially increase energy bills, the business secretary has said. Kwasi Kwarteng said the plan to build new plants as part of an energy strategy could have a “small effect” on bills.
But he told the BBC “nuclear is back on the table” because the Government considers it a sustainable energy source, adding that it would provide cheaper power eventually.
The energy strategy was published in April as Western countries wrestled with high energy prices, reliance on Russian oil and gas and wider calls to end the fossil-fuel era to tackle climate change.
