No blank cheque for Sizewell C says Starmer, as £14.2bn investment confirmed
‘We don’t want boom and bust’published at 09:20 British Summer Timepublished at 01:20
Ben Parker
Reporting from Suffolk
Image source, Jo Thewlis/BBCRichard Rout said he wants local people to be trained up to work at Sizewell C
Suffolk County Council didn’t have any say on whether the nuclear power station could be built, as the government make planning decisions on large infrastructure projects of this scale.
However, when construction began, the council said it would “ensure Sizewell C delivers for Suffolk”.
Richard Rout, Conservative councillor in charge of major infrastructure at the council, says: “We will have the foremost operational nuclear cluster in Suffolk and we don’t want to see the boom and bust that we perhaps saw with Sizewell B.”
He says he wants long-term jobs created in Suffolk — rather than jobs and skills disappearing once the construction project is complete.