Article: Sir Richard should resign as a matter of principle should resign

IMAGINE a local authority which awarded a multi-million-pound contract to a private company employing its own vice- chairman. There would be questions in the Commons at the very least, writes David Lister.

Which is why we must be concerned about recent monetary awards by the Arts Council. Last Thursday the council awarded the largest tranche of lottery money yet - pounds 980,000 to the South Bank Board, which runs London's Festival Hall complex. The money is for a feasibility study on its planned redevelopment. Now, it just so happens that the redevelopment will be supervised by the architect Sir Richard Rogers. And guess what? Sir Richard is deputy chairman of the Arts Council. If the ...

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