Boris Johnson’s energy strategy explained

Nuclear energy at the heart of plan dismissed by critics as a ‘missed opportunity’

Boris Johnson during a visit to the Hinkley Point nuclear power station
(Image credit: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Up to eight more nuclear reactors could be approved for construction as part of a new UK energy strategy that Boris Johnson has said will tackle the “mistakes of the past”.

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