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Caron Lindsay

Edward Davey: New nuclear plants will have no taxpayer subsidy

By Caron Lindsay | Tue 30th October 2012 - 6:55 pm

Liberal Democrat Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey has been talking to ITN’s Laura Kuenssberg after £700 million private companies following the announcement that Hitachi were investing £700 million in new nuclear plants. He said:

It’s a real vote of confidence from a major international company…. This is good news for the public because it’s part of our energy security strategy to keep the lights on

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