Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station Gets Green Light

Wake Up to Money

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Business

4.4 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

What does the new nuclear power station mean for the UK?

The government has given the go-ahead for the Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station in Suffolk. Sean Farrington asks Tom Greatrex, chair of the Nuclear Industry Association, what that could mean for jobs, power and energy bills in the UK.

A group of Thames Water lenders have put forward a new plan for the water company, just as MPs ask questions about payments to senior management there. Wake Up to Money speak to the chair of the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, Alistair Carmichael.

Plus, after the Prime Minister Keir Starmer attempts to woo tech giant Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang, we find out how much potential lies ahead for AI in UK business.

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0:44.2	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:47.8	Hello, welcome. It is Wake Up to Money. So, 9 million pensioners across England and Wales
0:53.9	will receive the winter fuel payment this year.
0:57.6	This big policy U-turn announced by the Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
1:01.7	We've listened to people's concerns around the level of the mean test.
1:05.2	And because of changes we've made and the stability we've brought back to the economy,
1:09.5	we are able to increase that amount.
1:12.2	What do you make of that one elsewhere?
1:14.9	Size will see nuclear power station in Suffolk has been given the green light.
1:19.9	The government's confirmed this one.
1:21.1	So where do things go from here?
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