Deal to build UK nuclear plant should be finalised within weeks

Ministers and EDF have agreed on controversial 25bn development of Hinkley Point C, with most of upfront costs provided by Chinese companies

A 25bn contract to build the UK's first new nuclear power plant in 25 years is expected to be signed within weeks.

Ministers in the Department of Energy and Climate Change have reached an agreement with the French energy company EDF to develop Hinkley Point C, near Bridgwater in Somerset, and are ready to approve the project after parliament's summer recess.