Government confirms £350m Midland Met funding

By Jordan Marshall2019-10-14T10:12:00

Deal between NHS trust and Balfour Beatty set to be signed before Christmas

Work to finish the construction of the Midland Metropolitan hospital left stranded by Carillion’s collapse will now be able to go ahead, after chancellor Sajid Javid confirmed the government would stump up £350m to rescue the project.

The announcement marks the formal sign-off by the government of the trust’s business case for completion of the hospital, which it had hoped would be rubber stamped over the summer.

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