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TASC’S STATEMENT ON THE CHANCELLOR’S AUTUMN BUDGET, NOVEMBER 2022
“This government’s myopic pursuit of nuclear power at any cost is borne out by its failure to use the Chancellor’s autumn statement to cancel the Sizewell C project, choosing instead to prop up France’s failing nuclear industry with £billions of UK taxpayer and bill payer money to be ploughed into French state owned EDF’s white elephant proposals for Sizewell C.” says a TASC spokesperson, who added,
Government is flying in the face of the best scientific advice by agreeing to fund 50% of Sizewell C. The energy bills of every household in the country will have to rise yet again to pay for it – but this time it’s a double whammy: we’ll pay twice, once for RAB on our bills and once through our taxes.
The government’s own impact assessment shows that they consider Sizewell C could take up to 17 years from the date of the final investment decision to when Sizewell C might be operational – far too late to provide the rapid decarbonisation or electricity required.
Chancellor Hunt says, ‘As Conservatives we do not leave our debts to the next generation’. In reality, Sizewell C will leave ever-increasing debts to many generations as they have to deal with legacy waste amid rising temperatures, sea levels and Black Swan events.
TASC remains resolute in its determination to fight Sizewell C through all legal means including the ongoing Judicial Review.
