Nuclear Group Hits Out Over Academy ; an Anti-Nuclear Campaign Group has Complained to the Public Spending Watchdog About Deals Involved in the Creation of a Nuclear Training Academy at a Westcountry College.

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An anti-nuclear campaign group has complained to the public spending watchdog about deals involved in the creation of a nuclear training academy at a Westcountry college.

Sedgemoor District Council in Somerset and the South West Regional Development Agency (RDA) have been criticised for gifting land and funding to Bridgwater College for its planned training hub. The council handed over a one hectare parcel of land, valued at pounds85,000, to the college and the RDA pledged pounds1.9 million to the development.

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Nuclear Group Hits Out Over Academy ; an Anti-Nuclear Campaign Group has Complained to the Public Spending Watchdog About Deals Involved in the Creation of a Nuclear Training Academy at a Westcountry College.

Stop Hinkley, which has campaigned against the nearby Hinkley Point nuclear power station, has referred the moves to the Audit Commission.

It claims t...

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