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"source": "DESNZ Energy Trends, March 2026 statistical release (2025 annual data, section 5 / table 5.2)",
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"source": "Cebr for Shelter and the National Housing Federation, \"The economic impact of building social housing\" (2024)",
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"source": "New Civil Engineer, reporting EDF's 2025 annual results (20 February 2026)",
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"source_url": "https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-202627"
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"sentence": "The \u00a3220bn+ full cost of subsidising UK renewables, including estimated indirect costs, would have built 559,000 social homes \u2014 land included \u2014 in today\u2019s money.",
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"label": "Hinkley Point C-scale nuclear stations the \u00a3220bn+ full UK renewables cost would have built, in today's money",
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"label": "added to every MWh of electricity delivered in the UK by direct renewable subsidy",
"source_name": "DESNZ Energy Trends, March 2026 statistical release (2025 annual data, section 5 / table 5.2)",
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