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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 'not all systems go'

Near the proposed site of Hinkley C Credit: PA

The building of Hinkley C - the first new nuclear power station in the UK since 1995 - is "evidently not all systems go" reports ITV News' business editor Joel Hills.

The board of the energy company that is set to build the station today committed to building Hinkley C, but Joel Hills reports the government is "delaying final approval".

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