RE: Department for Energy, Security & Net Zero7 Feb 2023 14:28
I found a few, but was more in November/December.
i.e. ''The Times reported that Grant Shapps was due to make an announcement about the creation of a new body called Great British Nuclear (GBN) next Tuesday but government sources said this could “slip” thanks to a Whitehall row about funding. GBN is understood to need an initial budget of about £500 million so it can begin preparatory development work both on SMRs and on about four to six large-scale reactors. With budgets squeezed across Whitehall, however, there is a row over who will meet the start-up costs. Senior Treasury officials are understood to have tried to block the business department’s request for funding, arguing that there is no money to pay for it. But senior government figures said that both Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, and Hunt were supportive of the plans. “This is going to happen,” one said''.