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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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Senior source: Hinkley delay reflects May policy approach

The Government's shock decision to delay the go-ahead for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point - described as "bewildering and bonkers" by the unions - has been defended by a senior Government source.

Reporting from Westminster, ITV News Political Correspondent Carl Dinnen said he was told by the insider that the delay reflected the approach of Prime Minister Theresa May to key policies.

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