Abandoning nuclear power plans 'would push up carbon emissions'

Report due to be published on Thursday warns of 'folly of technological tribalism'

Abandoning the UK's ambitions for a number of new nuclear power stations would cause carbon emissions to spike and push up energy costs, according to lobbyists led by a former Conservative MP.

The New Nuclear Watch Institute warned against what it called the "folly of technological tribalism" of pursuing a future powered by renewables and gas-fired power stations, rather than any new nuclear plants.