Revealed: Hinkley deal's £6.7m cost to public

摘要

The cost to the taxpayer of the deal to provide financial support for EDF's £16bn Hinkley Point nuclear plant project ran 69% over budget in the last financial year, government figures reveal. Figures published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) last week showed the cost of negotiating the deal for the plant with the French utility firm ran to £6.7m in the 2013/14 financial year, 69% more than the £4m the department had budgeted.