China can't invest in Suffolk power plant, Miliband vows

China will be blocked from investing in the new Sizewell C power station, the energy secretary has said.

- MILLIE COOKE POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

Ed Miliband’s pledge comes as the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, announced plans to pump billions of pounds into Britain’s nuclear energy sector, putting £14.2bn towards the new plant’s construction.

Asked whether China would be able to invest in the new power station in Suffolk, Ed Miliband told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “No.” But he declined to rule out investment from other foreign governments, saying: “I’m not going to go into who the private bidders are. We’ve got a process at the moment.

“It’s majority public investment in this, in Sizewell C. We’re going to get some private investment in, but obviously, that always goes through national security checks. It’s about making sure that any bidders ... are people you would want owning part of your nuclear power station.”