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NUCLEAR ADVOCATE JOHN HUTTON IN TALKS TO TAKE EDF JOB.
Former business secretary in talks with French-owned nuclear energy company about joining as an adviser


Allegra Stratton The Guardian, Monday 14 September 2009


The former business secretary John Hutton, who championed the government's push towards a new generation of nuclear power stations, is in talks with French-owned nuclear energy company EDF about joining their group as an adviser. Hutton, who is to leave parliament at the next election, served as business secretary from 2007-08 and announced the government's decision to build new nuclear reactors. As business secretary in September 2008, he also oversaw the £12.5bn sale of British Energy, the nuclear generator, to EDF, which is 83%-owned by the French state.

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No doubt Gordon Brown's brother, who also works for EDF, will be able to provide a reference.

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NO EX MINISTER SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT HE/SHE HAS HAD IMPORTANT DEALINGS WITH IN GOVERNMENT.AT THE VERY LEAST A FIVE YEAR BAN SHOULD BE IMPOSED.



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