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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Robbie Griffiths

Londoner’s Diary: ‘Repair Parliament now before it costs fortune’

POLITICIANS are being urged to act as the cost of upkeep to the Houses of Parliament spirals out of control.

Figures from a parliamentary report show the move to create — and now shut down — a “Restoration and Renewal” sponsor body, whose recommendations were not taken, seems to have wasted over £100 million.

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