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Southampton plans £27m regeneration scheme

Southampton City Council has announced ambitious regeneration plans to spend £27m on a derelict site.

The council will spend £27m on a 6,500m2 office development on a former Toys R Us site, as part of a £150m scheme.

External borrowing will be used for the deal which the council argued is a once in a generation opportunity to drive its regeneration goals.

Until recently, the FRC had little involvement in local government affairs. But with investigations into council officers becoming more frequent, where is the political accountability?

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