Hinkley Point is a terrible deal. May must show courage and cancel it | Simon Jenkins

The era of the dinosaur vanity project is over – money is desperately needed to redress the effects of austerity. Tough decisions are needed

They haven’t gone away. The great spending dinosaurs of the political dark ages, back before June 2017, are still roaming the jungle. Theresa May’s first decision as prime minister, to approve the £18bn Hinkley Point nuclear power station, is still crashing about Whitehall. Now the national audit office (NAO) has added its voice to those calling it a real...