After years of setbacks, Britain has finally ended the uncertainty "over the future of its nuclear industry", said the FT. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged a game-changing £11.5 billion of new state funding for the Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk – in addition to a £2.7 billion commitment previously made in the autumn Budget.

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The new plant, called Sizewell C, will take at least a decade to complete and provide enough energy to power six million homes.