The BBC's spend on repairing a statue by paedophile sculptor Eric Gill has now soared to almost £220,000, despite campaigners having called for it to be taken down.
The BBC’s spend on repairing a statue by paedophile sculptor Eric Gill has now soared to almost £220,000, despite campaigners having called for it to be taken down.
It was revealed last year that the cost of phase one work had been £40,782, with a further £7,255 spent on the ‘continuation of scaffolding hire and licensing’ between the first and second parts of the work. The BBC ’s spend on repairing a statue by paedophile sculptor Eric Gill has now soared to almost £220,000, despite campaigners having called for it to be taken down. New figures show the cost of the restoration is now nearly five times the previously declared figure by the broadcaster
‘Please note that this value is inclusive of the first phase expenditure of £40,782, and the cost of £7,255 which covered the continuation of scaffolding hire and licensing between the first and second phase of restoration work….’
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