Chancellor calls project a ‘win-win-win’ as he seeks to calm anxieties over Chinese involvement in controversial nuclear plant George Osborne has vowed to confront anxieties over Chinese involvement in Britain’s nuclear energy sector after announcing a £2bn government guarantee for the delayed and controversial Hinkley Point power plant project in Somerset.
Speaking in Beijing on the second day of his five-day tour of China, the chancellor said the project in south-west England was “a win-win-win for the UK and … a grand example of how the relationship with China has a direct fabric benefit to the people living in our country”.
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Source: theguardian.com