Commenting on the disclosure by Labour-run Haringey Council at last night’s Full Council meeting that a £6.2 million claim has been made by Firoka against Haringey Council following the collapse of the attempts to sell-off the palace in 2007, Cllr Robert Gorrie, Leader of Haringey Liberal Democrats, said:

“This is an enormous claim. Simply trying to respond and defend Haringey Council’s position will cost residents thousands of pounds in legal bills and council officer time. £6.2 million is more than Haringey Council spent this year on safeguarding vulnerable children. Here we are again with residents being put at risk as a direct result of this latest in the long list of Haringey Labour’s failures with Alexandra Palace and their mismanagement of the Borough.”