Sheffield Forgemasters has said it would have been able to help build Britain’s new nuclear power station – after being snubbed in favour of foreign firms. The company, which recently announced it was having to cut 100 jobs from its 700-strong workforce, has hit back at claims from Government industry minister Anna Soubry that British firms did not have the ‘capacity’ to create key parts for the Hinkley Point station in Somerset. French and Japanese suppliers are being used instead by French energy giant EDF, who are responsible for the site.
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