BORIS Johnson today confirmed £700m of government cash will be ploughed into a new nuclear power plant to secure Britain’s energy for years to come.
The PM greenlighted the cash for the Suffolk-based Sizewell C station in one of his final acts in office.
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In a major swipe at Labour and the Lib Dems, BoJo blamed Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg for hiking Britain’s energy bills by a staggering £4 billion.
The PM accused the former party leaders of not future-planning for energy supply catastrophes, such as the one Britain is experiencing now because of the war in Ukraine.
He said for “13 wasted years” under Labour, nuclear was ignored, adding: “We should have gone further, and faster…
“Thanks a bunch Tony, thanks Gordon!
“They said it didn’t make economic sense. Tell that to the families and businesses struggling with the coat of light and heat this winter.”
Boris claimed if Hinkley Point C, another nuclear power station under construction in Somerset, had been running this year, it would have cut fuel bills by a whopping £4 billion.
Just 15 per cent of electricity in Britain is generated by nuclear power, compared to 80 per cent in France.
The Sizewell C deal is expected to formalise in the coming weeks, despite the cash announcement today.
Nuclear power will be good for the planet, create jobs and get bills down, he stressed.
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Alongside Tony Blair, the PM stuck two fingers up at President Putin for causing energy supply chaos around the world.
He vowed that never again will our supplies be dwindled by short term thinking from leaders who can’t see beyond the next election.
And in one of his final speeches to the nation as PM, he reeled off his greatest hits – getting Brexit done, fixing social care and opening up again after the Covid pandemic.
Boris pledged that wannabe PMs Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak won’t shy away from making the big decisions needed to make Britain great.
He said: “Whoever follows me next week I know they will do the same.”
The PM promised “substantial sums” for hard-up Brits struggling with the cost of living are on the way, and “chunks of money” will continue landing in their accounts.
