Negotiations start over nuclear plant

The UK government is to consider direct investment to build a new multibillionpound nuclear power station.

Business Secretary Greg Clark said the move was an “important next step” for the project at Wylfa in north Wales. Any direct investment in the project will be made alongside the Japanese government and Horizon Nuclear Power, a subsidiary of Hitachi, which is developing Wylfa.

Mr Clark said: “We will now be entering into negotiations with Hitachi on the next phase of the Wylfa project.”