Plans to fully decant the Palace of Westminster to allow for the restoration and renewal of the Houses of Parliament have been given the go-ahead by a long-awaited review into the multi-billion-pound programme.

Work by firms including BDP to design the complex restoration will now continue but with a “renewed focus” on minimising costs and timescales, including cheaper and shorter decant options.

It added that keeping peers and MPs on site while work is carried out will cost billions more and take decades longer.

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