£500m Parliament refurb plan shut down

By Jonathan Owen2021-01-14T06:00:00

Decision comes amid radical changes to £4bn revamp, such as accessing Westminster from the river

The £500 million Northern Estate programme has been scrapped, placing plans to convert Richmond House into a pop-up parliament in jeopardy, Building can reveal.

Confirmation of the decision was made in a letter from Sarah Johnson, chief executive of the Restoration and Renewal Sponsor Body, and David Goldstone, chief executive of the Delivery Authority, to Meg Hillier, chair of the Public Accounts Committee.

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