Chancellor, who is on trade mission in China, believed to have agreed to Chinese constructing their own plant at Bradwell to secure backing for Hinkley Point
China is expected to be allowed to build a nuclear power station in Essex as George Osborne embraced the world’s most populous country as an ideal partner for British business.
The chancellor, on a trade mission to the country, argued that Britain should “run towards China” to help boost the UK economy and signalled that China could build a nuclear site in Bradwell, Essex, as part of a wider nuclear co-operation worth tens of billions of pounds.
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Source: Guardian Environment