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EDF is axing hundreds of jobs because of delays over building a £14billion nuclear power station.

The energy giant is scaling back the workforce at the proposed new Hinkley Point C plant in Somerset.

EDF has already spent £1bn on the project and is shelling out a further £1million a day on preliminary work and designs.

Delays in starting and agreeing a deal with the Government over how much money it’ll get back to help with the finances has forced the firm to scale back planned work.

Most of the jobs will go among construction workers, with many running out of things to do.

Ministers are pinning a lot on Hinkley Point – and other new nuclear plants – to fulfil the ­country’s energy needs.

But critics say it’s a costly waste, with energy customers eventually having to foot the bill through paying steeper power tariffs.