Friday 15 March 2019
News & features published on 15 March 2019
Minister: it's 'unfortunate' we spent £43m on Garden Bridge
A Government minister has defended the decision to commit £30 million of Whitehall funds to the failed Garden Bridge. Andrew Jones MP said it was "unfortunate" that the scheme had not been built.
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Friday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2019-03-15
Today in the Commons, a Government minister defended the public money allocated to the "iconic and novel"… https://t.co/Zyv3HKeUwN
Arduino Day tomorrow at @LCCLondon Elephant & Castle with @londonarduino @LDN_Makerspace https://t.co/h4Fr0YE7TW
RT @deansouthwark: I was glad to be at Friday Prayers at Harper Road Mosque with @AmirEden1993 as we remember all those caught up in the #C…
RT @OKR_Mosque: We are deeply saddened by the horrific killings in New Zealand..Press Release from MANUK/Old Kent Road MOSQUE. Now is the t…
#gardenbridge cost public £43m.
Government's official response in HoC today:
"... it is unfortunate that public… https://t.co/7FU4d6UoRr
RT @ExtinctionR: “You’ve completely shutdown central London†says police liaison officer asking @XrYouth to clear Westminster Bridge.
RT @mrmatthewtaylor: London #schoolstrike4climate on Westminster bridge now being warned they’ll be arrested unless they move https://t.co/…
Minister says it's "unfortunate" that £43 million of public money was spent on#gardenbridgee without it being built
Minister @ajonesmp defends #gardenbridge trust against claims of 'old school tie' mutual back-scratching - "I don't… https://t.co/fnqZildrAo
"I am sorry this project has not materialised" - transport minister @AJonesMP on #gardenbridge
"I thought it was something that could be part of a capivating addition to central London's already captivating cen… https://t.co/dHP8B6QWRC
Minister says #gardenbridge was "a project which could have added a significant extra dimension to our already magn… https://t.co/ESn8DRolSy
Transport minister @AJonesMP says that @RupaHuq's comments about #gardenbridge are "a little overblown"
Lack of accountability for #gardenbridge is "a masterclass in buck-passing" says @RupaHuq - warns of precedent for other major projects
Namecheck in Parliament for @TCOSLondon who led the campaign against the #gardenbridge
"It's a national scandal" ... "a vanity project masquerading as a transport scheme" - @RupaHuq on #gardenbridge
"There's been an astonishing lack of repurcussions for the people involved" @RupaHuq MP tells the Commons re #gardenbridge
Next @RupaHuq reminds Commons of George Osborne, Boris Johnson and Joanna Lumley involvement in #gardenbridge debac… https://t.co/QyJQ18mX2R
Transport minister @ajonesmp will be answering the #gardenbridge adjournment debate. In 2016 he told the Commons th… https://t.co/rWSqgNjFgY
#gardenbridge is a matter of "scandalous misconduct" says @RupaHuq as she opens #gardenbridge debate.
Pic of the Commons chamber just before @RupaHuq's #gardenbridge adjournment debate begins pic.twitter.com/caDFpGs8mT
#GardenBridge debate in Parliament due to begin at 2.30pm https://t.co/sfgRfkonnn
Watch live online… https://t.co/sJ1ESFkeqM
@06Seanb @lb_southwark If the works are deemed to be emergency works then pretty much anything goes
Costa Coffee trialling delivery service via Deliveroo from Tooley Street branch https://t.co/3B6QFh31QL
The @FT on the rise of ‘build to rent’ housing at the Elephant & Castle https://t.co/wxLPpAUJ7d
@Urban_Pictures No but will try to find out - thanks for pointing this out
The Water Poet pub in Spitalfields is closing due to redevelopment.
It's named after waterman-poet John Taylor, who… https://t.co/j5aK0qGHIl
"We have no record of any discussions between DCMS Ministers and the Charity Commission about theÂ
#GardenBridge Tr… https://t.co/21IHyv525n
The #gardenbridge was last debated on the floor of the house in 2016 when @KateHoeyMP called an adjournment debate.… https://t.co/IB6KaRGrGZ
Responding to the September 2016 debate, the then transport minister said of #gardenbridge: "It will show that Lond… https://t.co/qW05SHAtpd
The final item of business in the House of Commons at the end of this turbulent week is @RupaHuq's adjournment deba… https://t.co/3xOfoLDpn7
Tate Modern security guard, 54, who slipped on a puddle and landed on his backside is suing gallery for £1 million… https://t.co/BzABx9Z5ql
deansouthwark We have set up a prayer station @Southwarkcathed for the victims of the #ChristchurchMosqueAttack Join us in prayer. pic.twitter.com/l4nNMgQSQE
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