Haunted house
The Scottish Parliament's new home is wildly over budget. Why?
IT WAS meant to be an inspirational symbol of the new, dynamic, post-devolution Scotland. Instead, the Scottish Parliament's future home in Edinburgh has become a monument to political profligacy: the original £40m estimate of construction costs has spiralled to £400m, maybe more—over £3m per member. This week Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, a former Conservative law minister, opened an inquiry to find out why.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Haunted house”
From the November 1st 2003 edition
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