MPs' committee slams "expensive" Hinkley Point C deal

Michael Holder
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Report by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee says poorest billpayers will be hit hardest by 35-year nuclear plant deal and calls for transparent assessment of wider jobs benefits

UK consumers are likely to foot an "expensive" bill for the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in Somerset, in part because the government failed to revisit terms of the 35 year contract with developers EDF...

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