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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Kumail Jaffer

Londoners split on whether £1.1million spent on new slave memorial is worth the money

A new memorial dedicated to victims of the transatlantic slave trade would be a “worthy cause” but the £1.1 million cost would be an “unwise” use of taxpayer money, Londoners have said.

Earlier this month the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) revealed that the contract for a seven-metre tall sculpture in West India Quay, east London has been handed to a Bristol-based firm by the Greater London Authority (GLA).

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