A good day to bury bad news:
"Government’s secret Garden Bridge report withheld from publication"
Grant Shapps' Dept for Transport is refusing to release an internal report on Boris Johnson's cancelled Garden Bridge project
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"Government’s secret Garden Bridge report withheld from publication"
Grant Shapps' Dept for Transport is refusing to release an internal report on Boris Johnson's cancelled Garden Bridge project
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@LBC "The report has been suppressed on the grounds it is protecting the interests of the Garden Bridge Trust, which developed the project but which has has been in liquidation since April last year.
The report is understood to have warned the project had a funding gap of up to £75m"
The report is understood to have warned the project had a funding gap of up to £75m"
@LBC "& advised ministers against putting more taxpayers’ money at risk by extending the government’s guarantee of the trust’s cancellation liabilities.
In the same month the report was drawn up, the trust avoided collapse by adding five months to its accounting year"
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In the same month the report was drawn up, the trust avoided collapse by adding five months to its accounting year"
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@LBC "Nevertheless, just days later, then transport minister Chris Grayling agreed to extend the guarantee indefinitely, capping it at £9 million.
Last year, the guarantee was called upon to cover cancellation costs with more than £5 million ultimately spent."
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Last year, the guarantee was called upon to cover cancellation costs with more than £5 million ultimately spent."
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