Reports: Hinkley Point decision delayed amid funding doubts

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Final decision on whether EDF will go ahead with the nuclear power plant in Somerset had reportedly been due today

EDF has delayed a final decision to approve what would be the UK's first nuclear power plant in decades, according to media reports. The final decision on whether to build two nuclear reactors at Hinkley...

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