Regional fire centre at Blackbrook. A REAL estate company will make millions charging the taxpayer rent for a building that has never been used.
The privately-owned ”white elephant” at Blackbrook Park Avenue, originally intended as a regional fire control centre, will cost the Government around £2 million a year until August 2027.
It has already haemorrhaged around £20 million of public money, with the final bill potentially double that.The facility, built in 2006 for £8.9 million, was one of nine Labour -inspired regional 999 call centres nationwide scrapped as unworkable by the Coalition in 2010.It was recently bought for £14 million […]
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