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   "source_url": "https://dp.lowcarboncontracts.uk/dataset/actual-cfd-generation-and-avoided-ghg-emissions",
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   "source": "ONS, Population estimates for the UK, mid-2024",
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   "source": "DESNZ Energy Trends, March 2026 statistical release (2025 annual data, section 5 / table 5.2)",
   "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends",
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  "source": "DESNZ, Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) 1.3, Sales of electricity and gas by sector",
  "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-chapter-1-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes",
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   "figure": "314,000",
   "basis": "runrate",
   "figure_label": "NHS nurses",
   "frame": "a year of this subsidy pays",
   "sentence": "A year of direct UK renewable subsidy pays the salaries of 314,000 NHS nurses, in today's money.",
   "label": "NHS nurses' annual salaries paid by one year of direct renewable subsidy, in today's money",
   "source_name": "NHS Employers, Agenda for Change pay scales 2026/27",
   "source_url": "https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-202627"
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   "basis": "full",
   "figure_label": "social homes",
   "frame": "the current \u00a3220bn+ full cost would have built",
   "sentence": "The current \u00a3220bn+ full cost of subsidising UK renewables, including estimated indirect costs, would have built 559,000 social homes \u2014 land included \u2014 in today's money.",
   "label": "social homes (land included) the current \u00a3220bn+ full UK renewables cost would have built, in today's money",
   "source_name": "Cebr for Shelter and the National Housing Federation (2024)",
   "source_url": "https://england.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/policy_and_research/policy_library/economic_impact_social_housing"
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  {
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   "figure": "4",
   "basis": "full",
   "figure_label": "Hinkley Point C-scale nuclear stations",
   "frame": "the current \u00a3220bn+ full cost would have built",
   "sentence": "The current \u00a3220bn+ full cost of subsidising UK renewables, including estimated indirect costs, would have built 4 Hinkley Point C-scale nuclear stations in the UK, in today's money.",
   "label": "Hinkley Point C-scale nuclear stations the current \u00a3220bn+ full UK renewables cost would have built, in today's money",
   "source_name": "New Civil Engineer, reporting EDF's 2025 annual results (20 February 2026)",
   "source_url": "https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hinkley-point-cs-cost-climbs-to-35bn-with-confirmation-unit-1-will-power-up-in-2030-20-02-2026/"
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   "figure_label": "large secondary schools",
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   "sentence": "The current \u00a3220bn+ full cost of subsidising UK renewables would have built 4,400 large new secondary schools, in today's money.",
   "label": "large new secondary schools the current \u00a3220bn+ full UK renewables cost would have built, in today's money",
   "source_name": "DfE, School Rebuilding Programme \u2014 actual scheme costs for new large secondary schools",
   "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme"
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   "basis": "full",
   "figure_label": "the largest new NHS hospitals",
   "frame": "the current \u00a3220bn+ full cost would have built",
   "sentence": "The current \u00a3220bn+ full cost of subsidising UK renewables would have built 110 of the largest new NHS hospitals, in today's money.",
   "label": "the largest new NHS hospitals the current \u00a3220bn+ full UK renewables cost would have built, in today's money",
   "source_name": "National Audit Office, Update on the New Hospital Programme (2026) \u2014 largest schemes about \u00a32bn each",
   "source_url": "https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/update-on-the-new-hospital-programme/"
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   "figure": "53",
   "basis": "full",
   "figure_label": "aircraft carriers",
   "frame": "the current \u00a3220bn+ full cost would have built",
   "sentence": "The current \u00a3220bn+ full cost of subsidising UK renewables would have built 53 Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, in today's money.",
   "label": "Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers the current \u00a3220bn+ full UK renewables cost would have built, in today's money",
   "source_name": "National Audit Office, Delivering Carrier Strike (2017) \u2014 \u00a36.212bn for both ships",
   "source_url": "https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/delivering-carrier-strike/"
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   "basis": "full",
   "figure_label": "Elizabeth Lines (Crossrail)",
   "frame": "the current \u00a3220bn+ full cost would have built",
   "sentence": "The current \u00a3220bn+ full cost of subsidising UK renewables would have built 10 Elizabeth Lines \u2014 London's Crossrail \u2014 in today's money.",
   "label": "Crossrail / Elizabeth Lines the current \u00a3220bn+ full UK renewables cost would have built, in today's money",
   "source_name": "National Audit Office, Crossrail \u2014 a progress update (2021); \u00a318.9bn cost estimate",
   "source_url": "https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/crossrail-progress-update/"
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   "basis": "full",
   "figure_label": "Premier League stadiums",
   "frame": "the current \u00a3220bn+ full cost would have built",
   "sentence": "The current \u00a3220bn+ full cost of subsidising UK renewables would have built 220 billion-pound football stadiums, in today's money.",
   "label": "billion-pound football stadiums the current \u00a3220bn+ full UK renewables cost would have built, in today's money",
   "source_name": "Tottenham Hotspur Stadium reported build cost (about \u00a31.2bn, 2019-20)",
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   "figure_label": "schoolteachers",
   "frame": "a year of this subsidy pays",
   "sentence": "A year of UK renewable subsidy pays the salaries of 240,000 experienced schoolteachers, in today's money.",
   "label": "experienced schoolteachers' annual salaries paid by one year of UK renewable subsidy, in today's money",
   "source_name": "STPCD 2025, Upper Pay Range UPS3, England excluding London (2025-26)",
   "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-teachers-pay-and-conditions"
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   "figure_label": "police officers",
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   "sentence": "A year of UK renewable subsidy pays the salaries of 244,000 police officers, in today's money.",
   "label": "police officers' annual salaries paid by one year of UK renewable subsidy, in today's money",
   "source_name": "Police Federation of England & Wales, constable pay scales (top of scale, from 1 September 2025)",
   "source_url": "https://polfed.org/resources/pay-scales/constable-pay-scales/"
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   "frame": "a year of this subsidy could fund",
   "sentence": "A year of UK renewable subsidy could fund free school meals for every UK schoolchild for more than 2 years, in today's money.",
   "label": "years of free school meals for every UK schoolchild, funded by one year of UK renewable subsidy, in today's money",
   "source_name": "DfE free school meals funding (\u00a3505/pupil/year); UK pupil population ~10.67m (DfE, StatsWales, Scottish Government, DENI 2024-25)",
   "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-meals-expansion-grant-2026-to-2027/free-school-meals-expansion-grant-methodology"
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