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

Arizona's three largest electric utilities will jointly explore expanded nuclear-power options. A new plant here could be operational by the 2040s.

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.

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.