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Hello, I'm Sean Curran, and this is yesterday in Parliament from BBC Radio 4.

On Tuesday, the 10th of June, the energy secretary Ed Miliband told MPs that a new nuclear power plant in Suffolk

would deliver a golden age of clean energy. He made the announcement at the start

of what turned out to be a long day in the Commons. The Prime Minister usually takes centre

stage in the Commons on a Wednesday, is weekly joust with the Conservative leader as the

highlight of the Parliamentary Week. But today, Sekeir Stama and

Kemi Bade Nock will be the warm-up act for the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, as she prepares to

deliver her longer-awaited spending review, setting out the government's day-to-day spending

for the next few years, as well as its investment plans. Ahead of today's statement, the Chancellor approved more than £14 billion to create a new nuclear power plant in Suffolk.

The Energy Secretary Ed Miliband told MPs the project would deliver a golden age of clean energy.

Size will see will power the equivalent of around 6 million homes with clean homegrown energy

for 60 years.

And it will be a jobs and growth engine for Britain, supporting 10,000 jobs at peak construction

and creating 1,500 apprenticeships, well-paid, highly skilled jobs in East Anglia and communities

across the country.

For the Conservatives, Nick Timothy said his party was pro-nuclear,

but he criticised the government's net zero policies.

While the investment announced by the Secretary of State today is significant,

it is a fraction of the £230 billion cost of his plan to decarbonise the grid, which will ultimately be

borne by consumers. Pippa Hailings for the Liberal Democrats welcomed what she called Labor's

renewed focus on energy security. It's been 16 years since Iiswell C was first announced in 2009.

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