SUFFOLK PUNCH
MINISTERS are briefing that later this month the government will give the final go-ahead to a new nuclear power plant, Sizewell C,
Old Sparky writes
. It will be built in Suffolk by French firm EDF but largely paid for and owned by UK taxpayers, who will underwrite virtually all the immense financial risks involved (
Eyes passim
). EDF will have a token ownership stake and will bear minimal risk.