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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Hughes

Johnson ‘supremely confident’ Commonwealth Games will leave legacy

PA Wire

Boris Johnson has said he is “supremely confident” there will be a legacy from the £778 million of taxpayers’ money that has gone into the Commonwealth Games, which are being held as the country faces a cost-of-living crisis.

The Games open on Thursday, promising to be the biggest sporting festival in the UK since the London Olympics a decade ago.

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