Probe Finds Sadiq Misled Public Over New Metropolis Corridor HQ Financial savings
Having already been positioned beneath investigation for prematurely asserting the Elizabeth Line opening date, Sadiq is now beneath siege for his dodgy maths. The Better London Meeting’s Oversight Committee has discovered that the Mayor’s declare that transferring Metropolis Corridor from the South Financial institution to the Royal Docks in east London would save £61 million over 5 years was means off – to the tune of round £24 million…
In a letter revealed at this time, the committee identified that the general saving can be nearer to £37 million, for the reason that landlord of the previous HQ had supplied a lowered lease that will have reportedly saved £24 million over the identical interval. Nonetheless, a saving is a saving…
Sadly the committee additionally discovered the GLA splashed £100,000 to carry conferences within the new workplace earlier than it was even completed. Builders needed to pause building work simply to permit the conferences to occur. As Guido revealed on the time, Metropolis Corridor employees confirmed as much as an unfinished warehouse again in October…
