Energy crisis – live: Boris Johnson pledges £700m for nuclear, with digs at Truss on fracking

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Boris Johnson has pledged £700m of taxpayers' money to the project of Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk as he sought to make energy security part of his legacy as Prime Minister minister.

Mr. Johnson quits on Tuesday, but said he was confident the deal would go through in the coming weeks.

The new reactor, expected to be built by energy company EDF, could power around six million homes and creating tens of thousands of jobs, he said, and it would be "madness" not to move forward.

Lamenting the Kingdom's failure United to build new nuclear power stations, he blamed 'myopia' - politicians not being able to see beyond the political cycle, as he lashed out at Labor and the Lib Dems for failing to built while they were in power.

And in what is considered a veiled criticism of Liz Truss, he questioned fracking.

Activists launched legal proceedings regarding the decision to approve the Sizewell project.

Earlier, Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi said he was deeply concerned about the fa he said people could freeze this winter as energy bills soar, admitting that government aid for the cost of living was not enough and insisting that "nothing is certain the table".

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