Campaigners launch legal challenge against Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station planning permission

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An artist's render of Sizewell C nuclear power station | Credit: EDF
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An artist's render of Sizewell C nuclear power station | Credit: EDF

Campaign group Together Against Sizewell C Limited has written to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng in a bid to challenge planning approval decision

Campaigners have launched a legal challenge against the government's decision to grant planning permission to the Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station in Suffolk, arguing that development consent has been...

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