Laing O’Rourke to get stuck in after Everton’s £500m stadium given green light

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Communities secretary Robert Jenrick decides not to call in plans for Toffees’ new home

Construction of Everton’s £500m stadium is finally free to begin after the government gave the scheme the thumbs-up today.

Communities secretary Robert Jenrick confirmed that the 53,000 seat stadium, due to be built on the banks of the river Mersey at the grade II-listed Bramley-Moore Dock, would not be called in.

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