Row over 'secret' Hinkley Point documents set to reach tribunal

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Information commissioner, under pressure from FOI requests, agrees to oral hearing on documents on the nuclear power plant project

An 18-month battle to discover the true cost to consumers of building the Hinkley Point C nuclear reactors is to come to a climax in London. The information commissioner has been blocking freedom of...

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