Boris Johnson promised £700 million of funding for the Sizewell C nuclear power project as part of a drive to improve the UK's energy security.The Prime Minister said the spike in gas prices driven by Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine showed why new nuclear generation capacity was needed in the UK. The new reactor at the Sizewell site in Suffolk is expected to be built in partnership with energy firm EDF and could power the equivalent of about six million homes.

Boris Johnson promised £700 million of funding for the Sizewell C nuclear power project as part of a drive to improve the UK's energy security.The Prime Minister said the spike in gas prices driven by Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine showed why new nuclear generation capacity was needed in the UK. The new reactor at the Sizewell site in Suffolk is expected to be built in partnership with energy firm EDF and could power the equivalent of about six million homes.