Pounds4.5m Bill for Unused New Fire Control Centre ; Taxpayers Are Picking Up a Pounds4.5 Million Bill for Keeping the South West's New Fire Control Centre Empty Until Autumn Next Year. Rent has Been Paid On the Building in Taunton, Somerset Since February 2008 Even Though It Will Not Be Fully Operational Until October 2010.

Western Morning News, The › May 09, 2009

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Taxpayers are picking up a pounds4.5 million bill for keeping the South West's new fire control centre empty until autumn next year. Rent has been paid on the building in Taunton, Somerset since February 2008 even though it will not be fully operational until October 2010.

Fire unions last night condemned the "financial disaster" of the regional control centre project which they claimed had "diverted funds away from frontline services".

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Pounds4.5m Bill for Unused New Fire Control Centre ; Taxpayers Are Picking Up a Pounds4.5 Million Bill for Keeping the South West's New Fire Control Centre Empty Until Autumn Next Year. Rent has Been Paid On the Building in Taunton, Somerset Since February 2008 Even Though It Will Not Be Fully Operational Until October 2010.

Concerns have also been raised about public safety, after it emerged that just five 999 operators will be guaranteed to be on duty overnight, serving the...

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