Prime minister Boris Johnson has approved �700 million government funding for a new nuclear power plant that will power homes in the UK

Boris Johnson has approved £700 million of government funding for a new nuclear power plant amid the cost of living crisis.The Sizewall c nuclear plant in Suffolk, which costs around £20 billion and will take under 10 years to build , is set to power around six million homes in the UK.Johnson said in his speech: "We need to pull our national finger out and get on with Sizewell C."This project will create tens of thousands of jobs, it will also power six million homes - that is roughly a fifth of all the homes in the UK - so it'll help to fix the energy needs, not just of this generation but of the next.

"However, not everyone is excited about the new project.Campaign group Stop Sizewell branded the nuclear plant mission as a "vanity project" and that Johnson's successor should "consign it to the bin".

The group said: "When every penny matters, it's totally wrong to shackle the next prime minister and billions in taxpayers' money to this damaging project, whose ballooning cost, lengthy construction, failure-prone technology and long term water supply are so uncertain."In a statement, national secretary Andy Prendergast said: "Years of political failure to make the right decision on new nuclear means we are woefully unprepared for the energy crisis facing us today."The government must grasp the nettle and commit to other nuclear reactors... and make sure we have the skilled workers required."