A year ago, Bristol& #39;s mayor asked Homes England to spend £15m of taxpayers& #39; money to buy land to build homes on.
They did
Now he& #39;s decided the land should be a nature reserve
Even one of the beneficiaries of the deal said it was & #39;a colossal waste of money& #39; https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/marvin-rees-brislington-meadows-decision-5327244">https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bris...
If the Mayor had changed his mind about Brislington Meadows at any point up to April 2020, the British taxpayer would now be £15m better off, because Homes England would& #39;ve stopped before spending that money.
But I guess you could say that is certainly one way of getting much-needed millions out of central government and into local government, eh...
The full saga of Brislington Meadows since 2016 and since Friday is explained in this thread here https://twitter.com/TristanCorkPost/status/1383118954848215041?s=20">https://twitter.com/TristanCo...
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