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Government spending £4m a year on empty prison, MP report finds
MPs call the £4m annual lease on the radon-contaminated, empty HMP Dartmoor a poor commercial decision with no financial safeguards, urging better future contract value.
- The Government is spending £4 million a year on HMP Dartmoor, which has been vacant for 18 months, as reported by Shadow Justice Minister Kieran Mullan.
- The lease for the prison was signed in March 2022 despite high levels of radioactive gas, according to GB News host Ellie Costello.
- Mullan criticized Labour for failing to manage the justice system, stating they could do better in addressing prison space shortages.
- He also emphasized that decisions regarding Greenland's future should be made by its people, reflecting on its importance to NATO security.
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Shadow Justice Minister, Kieran Mullan, has been grilled by GB News host Ellie Costello on the Government spending £4million-a-year on a vacant prison, branding it a "needless waste of taxpayer money".Appearing on GB News, the Tory was questioned on why the lease was signed in March 2022, despite the site having high levels of radioactive gas.FULL STORY HERE. Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter
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