QUESTIONS RAISED OVER TRANSPARENCY OF RYDE TOWN HALL PURCHASE PLAN

QUESTIONS RAISED OVER TRANSPARENCY OF RYDE TOWN HALL PURCHASE PLAN

An independent partnership which earlier this year unveiled a vision to invest £19.5 million of public money in Ryde has again drawn criticism over the future of Ryde Theatre (Ryde Town Hall). Former Ryde town councillor Simon Cooke has said Ryde Neighbourhood Board (RNB) was looking to “rush through” a “highly contentious” and “complex” purchase of Ryde Town Hall under the cover of an election. He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDR…