Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to slash the red tape in his pursuit of building new nuclear reactors across England and Wales.

Britain on Thursday promised to free more sites for nuclear energy developments across England and Wales, seeking to attract private investment into Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as part of its push to decarbonise the power network.

The prime minister has announced plans to build small nuclear reactors in England and Wales, in an attempt to lower energy bills. Keir Starmer said that red tape will be “slashed” and thousands of highly skilled jobs will be created after he set out plans to reform planning rules to make it easier to build the reactors.

While nuclear power has traditionally been opposed by environmental campaigners, Mr Miliband sees it as a vital part of plans to create “a new era of clean electricity” because it does not cause the carbon emissions linked to global warming in the same way as traditional fossil fuels.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the country had been "let down and left behind" because it had not built a nuclear power station in "decades" - and the plans will create thousands of highly skilled jobs.