Royal Liverpool delayed to 2022 and will cost £300m more to finish

By Jamie Harris2019-12-19T10:00:00

Royal Liverpool Hospital - September 2019 (20)

Hospital was being built by bust contractor Carillion

The Royal Liverpool Hospital, left unfinished after Carillion’s collapse, will now not open until at least 2022.

And Steve Warburton, chief executive of Liverpool Hospitals, said the scheme will need an additional £300m more to fix defects on site, almost doubling the overall cost of the scheme.

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