14 MAY 1994, Page 31

Sir: Richard Branson laments the condem- nation of his company's

plans for County Hall by Tony Banks and three other Labour MPs, and asks what else the build- ing could possibly be used for. Might one suggest that it could quite profitably be employed as the seat of a democratically elected London-wide local authority, of the type seen in every other major capital city in the world?

Dave Osler Tribune,

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