![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/sizewell-new-nuclear-plant-is-under-review/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/124409582_058ab7c1-729c-4099-9c58-3dd425573af2.jpg&description=Image source, Kate Scotter/BBCImage caption, The site for Sizewell C, near existing nuclear buildings on the coast of SuffolkA new nuclear power plant in Suffolk is under review and could be delayed or even axed, as the government tries to cut spending, the BBC has been told.Sizewell C was expected to provide up to 7% of the UK's total electricity needs, but critics have argued it will be expensive and take years to build. A new high speed rail line in the north of England could also be axed."We are reviewing every major project - including Sizewell C," a government official told the BBC.The government is due to unveil its tax and spending plans under new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Autumn Statement on 17 November.Negotiations on raising funds for Sizewell C are understood to be ongoing. It is not expected to begin generating electricity until the 2030s.A Treasury spokesperson said delivering infrastructure projects was "a priority"."HS2 is underway, within budget, and supporting 28,000 jobs, we are also seeking to approve at least one large-scale nuclear project in the next few years and aim to speed up the delivery of around 100 major infrastructure projects across the UK."But the new Business Secretary Grant Shapps gave the clearest indication yet that recent commitments by former Prime Minister Liz Truss were very likely to be scaled back.Mrs Truss had pledged to build a major rail scheme in northern England in full, with a high speed link eventually connecting Northern towns and cities from Hull to Liverpool, through Bradford.But the plans for the rail line - known as Northern Powerhouse Rail - are now expected to be reduced."There wasn't really much point in going and blasting new tunnels through the Pennines… It's not true to say we're not delivering on what we said we would do on levelling up the north," he told the BBC.Henri Murison, chief executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership lobby group said scaling back the rail line raised "serious ques){kind=link}
A new nuclear power plant in Suffolk is under review and could be delayed or even axed, as the government tries to cut spending, the BBC has been told.
Sizewell C was expected to provide up to 7% of the UK’s total electricity needs, but critics have argued it will be expensive and take years to build.
A new high speed rail line in the north of England could also be axed.
“We are reviewing every major project – including Sizewell C,” a government official told the BBC.
The government is due to unveil its tax and spending plans under new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Autumn Statement on 17 November.