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Live updates: May delays nuclear power station decision

Theresa May has delayed a decision on whether the UK's first new nuclear power station in a generation should be built.

Energy giant EDF earlier approved the deal for the £18 billion Hinkley Point power station but our Business Editor Joel Hills learnt late on Thursday that it was "not all systems go".

ITV News' Chris Ship said the prime minister had accepted French President Francois Hollande's offer of more time "to make up her mind".

A planned press conference with EDF's chief executive on Friday morning has been cancelled.

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Hinkley C delay 'suggests May wants to take control'

The last minute decision to delay going ahead with the Hinkley C nuclear plant suggests Theresa May "wants her finger prints on everything, wants to be in control", according to ITV News' deputy political editor Chris Ship.

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