London, June 15, 2026 (AFP) - UK parliament counts cost of delaying restoration

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2026-06-15

Delaying restoration of Britain's crumbling Houses of Parliament could add £420 million ($564 million) a year to the final bill, the country's National Audit Office (NAO) forecast Monday. Plans to restore the Victorian neo-Gothic edifice, which is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring Westminster Abbey, stretch back more than a decade. However works have yet to start owing to concerns over the project's huge costs estimated at tens of b......

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