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In 1992, the government commissioned the construction at a projected cost of £165m of what is nothing more than an office block in a fancy address. It opened in 2001 at an actual cost of £235m. And now, only some 20 years later, it appears to be falling to bits…

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/10/portcullis-house-needs-overhaul-to-prevent-glass-falling-on-to-people

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Portcullis House needs overhaul to ‘prevent glass falling on to people’

Report warns of urgent need to address ‘severe structural failings’ in roof of Westminster’s parliamentary office building

The Guardian