£150 Billion- that will make a significant uplift to our economy

Sizewell C Nuclear Power Plant (Suffolk) was approved in 2022, just googled it will take between 10-12 to complete, should/might be online mid 2030’s

I don’t think there was a lot of support for more nuclear in U.K. the one in my county was decommissioned many years ago.

They are safer now, and technology has improved.

Of course, if more small modular reactors had been built by the Conservative government during their 14 years in power, we’d be sorted now.

The Labour government has to start somewhere.

Oh heck ….

These modular reactors are expected to provide power (25GW) to the national grid by the mid 2030’s

No sites have yet been approved or determined.

From AI:

“Rolls-Royce SMR has been selected by the UK government to build the country's first Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), with construction of the first units expected to begin later this year and target grid connection in the mid-2030s.

These factory-built reactors will provide low-carbon energy, support the national energy supply, and create thousands of skilled jobs. The technology is already undergoing regulatory assessment, with the first designs aiming for final approval and deployment in the near future.

Rolls-Royce SMR was chosen in June 2025 as the preferred bidder to partner with Great British Energy – Nuclear to deliver the UK's next generation of nuclear power stations.”

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Oh that’s good to hear LizzieDrip thank you! ✔️
Sense at last.

See it was good putting on that pomp and pageantry for Trump.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Oh come on growstuff ... Wind and solar are never going to meet future demand. Nuclear is the only option, once you rule out gas.

From my post earlier tiday:

As was mentioned by the PM yesterday, power will come from more small modular nuclear reactors. These are already being built by the British company Rolls Royce, who have set up a new arm of the company specifically for the job

Its a it like farming business out to economies overseas where wages are lower, Easy come - and easy go when market conditions change.

I'm all for clean energy and decoupling from hydrocarbons before they become too expensive, but the answer is nuclear and has been ever since the world's first commercial nuclear reactor opened at Calder Hall in 1956.

That's in Britain, for those of you who haven't heard of the place.

What's funny about this argument is that we never hear the end of the pace of development in renewable energy, but the truth is that the potential of nuclear power has developed much, much faster than renewables in recent years and we stand on the brink of a rollout that might really start to displace hydrocarbons in terms of global energy production.

Oh come on growstuff ... Wind and solar are never going to meet future demand. Nuclear is the only option, once you rule out gas.

AI requires a lot of reliable power.
If EM continues on his march to disaster, this will not happen.

These tech companies will have learnt from the car industry mistake of making carts before getting horses.

growstuff 😹😹😹

I just do not think this Government and Chancellor, like all that have been and gone before them, of all colours, have the cajunas to tax the big boys.

This investment is definitely by big boys

I appreciate that those employed on PAYE will pay their dues, but I doubt if any of the companies will be registered here in the UK for corporation tax or the high earners for dividends etc.

Let’s just hope the employees spend a lot into our economy.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

The tech guys said the amount of electricity they will need would be equal to that needed by 3 million UK homes.
Just wow.
I hope Ed Milliband has his calculator and slide rule to hand….

He'll need more than that - something to attack NIMBYs would be handy, so that he can build more solar and wind farms.

GrannyGravy13

MaizieD I was beginning to think I was over thinking this.

I imagine the enticement/incentive to be tax related.

Like you I do not think there will be millions of tax £££ going to HMRC

Beware GG13 You'll be accuse of being one of those 'can't please people' (and I know you're not).

The tech guys said the amount of electricity they will need would be equal to that needed by 3 million UK homes.
Just wow.
I hope Ed Milliband has his calculator and slide rule to hand….

Sago

Investment in areas that need it most is crucial but not possible due to the amount being spent on illegal immigrants.

It’s me feeding the neighbours children whilst mine starve.

It has to stop.

Please could you explain that in plain Noddy English because it honestly doesn't make sense.

On the subject of information/data, I hope someone is on the ball regarding cyber security…

MaizieD I was beginning to think I was over thinking this.

I imagine the enticement/incentive to be tax related.

Like you I do not think there will be millions of tax £££ going to HMRC

I worry about things like this, too

Workers throughout the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) supply chain are being told to apply for universal credit following the cyber attack on the company, a union has said.

Unite said staff were being laid off with "reduced or zero pay" following the hack, which has forced the carmaker to shut down its IT networks and halt production.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c784nwvj1l3o

Cyber crime is rife, placing more dependence on IT makes us more vulnerable. It's no good acting as though it won't happen.

GrannyGravy13

Please do not misinterpret my post, I am of course pleased that the U.K. is getting this investment, and more jobs are always needed.

Best get the solar panels on car parks, offices and industrial units quick along with many more wind turbines, (all of which provide jobs) as the energy consumption on these sort of computers is enormous.

This would be great

It just makes me uncomfortable that we are becoming more and more reliant on other countries rather than investing in ourselves.

I'm with GG13 on this.

While the 'deal' might see jobs and an improvement in local economies I'm wondering about the profits going off overseas and being subject to very little taxation ( See the current example of Amazon) and to swell the coffers of the already wealthy ';investors' . I'm wondering what sort of tax 'incentives' have been offered to attract the businesses while the UK is paying for the infrastructure they will demand, I'm wondering how well paid these putative thousands of jobs will be (see Anazon again) I'm deeply concerned about the energy and water demands of data processing centres; depending on an unproven nuclear technology seems rather foolhardy to me.

And I'm especially concerned about handing all our data over to foreign companies. Why hasn't the UK invested more in developing our own data processing industry?

Investment in areas that need it most is crucial but not possible due to the amount being spent on illegal immigrants. It’s me feeding the neighbours children whilst mine starve. It has to stop

What?

Sounds good on paper, then I remember that Labour will have to do what it says on the tin.

The £150 billion investment package was formally unveiled during President Trump's state visit to the UK, but parts of it had been in development or previously hinted at before the visit itself. The UK government officially announced the full £150 billion package on 17 September 2025, coinciding with the state visit. Some of the individual investments—like Blackstone’s £90 billion pledge and Palantir’s £1.5 billion for defence innovation—include expansions of previously announced commitments. The visit served as a strategic moment to consolidate and showcase these deals, So while the groundwork was laid earlier, the visit provided the political and media spotlight to roll out the full scope of the investment. It's a classic case of diplomacy amplifying economic momentum.