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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

Bradford council leaders survive vote after new £50m venue stands empty

Bradford Live new music venue, stage and auditorium
Susan Hinchcliffe, the leader of Bradford council, said the no confidence vote was a ‘phoney motion’ intended to create a crisis where there wasn’t one. Photograph: Bradford Live

Bradford council’s leadership has seen off a vote of no confidence amid growing criticism over its handling of Bradford Live, a £50.5m publicly funded venue that has been completed with no operator in place to run it.

The 3,800-seat Bradford Live building was due to open in November but performances were cancelled when NEC Group, which runs a number of large venues in and around Birmingham, pulled out of the deal.

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