The Daily Telegraph says in an “exclusive” that “funding for a new nuclear power plant will be announced before the 2024 election, the government will vow this week as it reveals plans to lower carbon emissions”. It continues: “The Telegraph understands a promise to agree financing for the new plant during the current parliament will be included in the government’s long-awaited net-zero strategy. The document, said to be more than 150 pages long, will detail how Boris Johnson plans to hit his pledge to bring the UK’s carbon emissions down to ‘net-zero’ by the year 2050. It will cover everything from shifting away from polluting cars to adopting greener heating in homes and precedes next month’s COP26. According to government insiders, the front-runner site to win the funding is Sizewell C, a nuclear power plant being proposed by EDF Energy for Suffolk.” 

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