A row has broken out between Mansfield's MP and Mayor over its council's projected £20million spend on a block of London flats. The Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) reported last year that Mansfield District Council was facing the high bill to fix fire safety problems at the flats in Clapham.
The council has allocated almost £19m to be spent on the building over the next three years, on top of nearly nearly £950,000 already spent on it since issues came to light. The latter amount was revealed in an FOI submitted by the LDRS and the total amount has caused controversy in the town.
But now, Labour's Elected Mayor of Mansfield, Andy Abrahams, says he is "outraged" about comments made by the town's Conservative MP on the issue. Ben Bradley was a guest on the BBC's Politics East Midlands Programme on Sunday (March 12).
