00:00Bradford Council will likely lose a £20 million grant from the government after its reform
00:07executive voted to scrap plans for a new swimming pool in one of the city's most deprived areas.
00:13The authority has already spent £5.4 million preparing the Squire Lane Leisure Centre development
00:19in the Toller area of the city, but councillors have now said the financial burden of moving
00:26ahead with the scheme outweighs its benefits. Plans to build a pool on the site date back
00:32over a decade, and the move throws into doubt Bradford's future plans to update its ageing
00:37leisure facilities. The scheme is thought to cost £5 million more than initial projections.
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