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News & features published on 15 March 2019
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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.

Tweets on 15 March 2019

Today in the Commons, a Government minister defended the public money allocated to the "iconic and novel"… https://t.co/Zyv3HKeUwN

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Arduino Day tomorrow at @LCCLondon Elephant & Castle with @londonarduino @LDN_Makerspace https://t.co/h4Fr0YE7TW

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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…

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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…

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#gardenbridge cost public £43m.

Government's official response in HoC today:

"... it is unfortunate that public… https://t.co/7FU4d6UoRr

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RT @ExtinctionR: “You’ve completely shutdown central London” says police liaison officer asking @XrYouth to clear Westminster Bridge.

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RT @mrmatthewtaylor: London #schoolstrike4climate on Westminster bridge now being warned they’ll be arrested unless they move https://t.co/…

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Minister says it's "unfortunate" that £43 million of public money was spent one without it being built

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Minister @ajonesmp defends #gardenbridge trust against claims of 'old school tie' mutual back-scratching - "I don't… https://t.co/fnqZildrAo

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"I am sorry this project has not materialised" - transport minister @AJonesMP on

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"I thought it was something that could be part of a capivating addition to central London's already captivating cen… https://t.co/dHP8B6QWRC

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Minister says #gardenbridge was "a project which could have added a significant extra dimension to our already magn… https://t.co/ESn8DRolSy

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Transport minister @AJonesMP says that @RupaHuq's comments about are "a little overblown"

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Lack of accountability for is "a masterclass in buck-passing" says @RupaHuq - warns of precedent for other major projects

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Namecheck in Parliament for @TCOSLondon who led the campaign against the

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"It's a national scandal" ... "a vanity project masquerading as a transport scheme" - @RupaHuq on

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"There's been an astonishing lack of repurcussions for the people involved" @RupaHuq MP tells the Commons re

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Next @RupaHuq reminds Commons of George Osborne, Boris Johnson and Joanna Lumley involvement in #gardenbridge debac… https://t.co/QyJQ18mX2R

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Transport minister @ajonesmp will be answering the #gardenbridge adjournment debate. In 2016 he told the Commons th… https://t.co/rWSqgNjFgY

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is a matter of "scandalous misconduct" says @RupaHuq as she opens debate.

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Pic of the Commons chamber just before @RupaHuq's adjournment debate begins pic.twitter.com/caDFpGs8mT

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#GardenBridge debate in Parliament due to begin at 2.30pm https://t.co/sfgRfkonnn

Watch live online… https://t.co/sJ1ESFkeqM

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@06Seanb @lb_southwark If the works are deemed to be emergency works then pretty much anything goes

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Costa Coffee trialling delivery service via Deliveroo from Tooley Street branch https://t.co/3B6QFh31QL

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The @FT on the rise of ‘build to rent’ housing at the Elephant & Castle https://t.co/wxLPpAUJ7d

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@Urban_Pictures No but will try to find out - thanks for pointing this out

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The Water Poet pub in Spitalfields is closing due to redevelopment.
It's named after waterman-poet John Taylor, who… https://t.co/j5aK0qGHIl

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"We have no record of any discussions between DCMS Ministers and the Charity Commission about the 
#GardenBridge Tr… https://t.co/21IHyv525n

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The #gardenbridge was last debated on the floor of the house in 2016 when @KateHoeyMP called an adjournment debate.… https://t.co/IB6KaRGrGZ

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Responding to the September 2016 debate, the then transport minister said of #gardenbridge: "It will show that Lond… https://t.co/qW05SHAtpd

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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

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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

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deansouthwark We have set up a prayer station @Southwarkcathed for the victims of the Join us in prayer. pic.twitter.com/l4nNMgQSQE

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