Minister admits lights would stay on even if Hinkley nuclear plant is delayed

UK energy secretary admits for the first time that any delays or cancellations to new nuclear reactors would not compromise national energy supply

The UK's energy secretary has admitted for the first time that the lights would stay on if new nuclear reactors at Hinkley were cancelled or delayed.

Amber Rudd has previously said that "energy security has to be the number one priority" and that new gas and nuclear power would be "central to our energy-secure future".