Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Posted: 10th September 2024

The UK government says it can’t afford to lift children out of poverty or keep the elderly warm in winter but it’s quite happy to inject billions of pounds into a futile nuclear power project that will keep no one warm, writes Linda Pentz Gunter. 

“Too expensive”

The new UK Labour government refused to lift a two-child benefit cap imposed by a previous Conservative government that has plunged Britain’s children into poverty. It has also stripped 10 million senior citizens of a winter fuel allowance. In both instances the government claims there is a lack of funds, but it was perfectly able to find $7.2 billion to throw at the pointless, dangerous and destructive planned two reactor project at Sizewell C where destruction (of pristine habitat) but no construction, is underway. MORE

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