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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Alexandra Topping Political correspondent

Restoring Palace of Westminster could cost £40bn and take 61 years

Palace of Westminster reflecting on thames at sunset
MPs, peers and senior parliamentary officials are divided on the best way to carry out urgently needed repairs to the mainly Victorian Palace of Westminster. Photograph: Chunyip Wong/Getty Images

Plans to restore the crumbling Palace of Westminster could cost £40bn and take up to 61 years, a report by the body set up to investigate how the project should be handled has found.

Critics labelled the cost as “eye-watering” and said the project lacked accountability.

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