Coalition energy secretary Ed Davey says Tories would have accepted a much higher price as they were ‘gagging for nuclear’
The deal to provide a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point would have cost even more if George Osborne had had his way, the former energy secretary Ed Davey has said.
The Lib Dem former member of the coalition cabinet said the £18bn plan to build Hinkley Point C represented a good deal, and claimed the cost would have been higher without his involvement.