Leeds City Council spent £94m on property in five years - and here's why
Leeds City Council has spent £94m buying property over the past five years, new figures reveal.
An investigation in the Yorkshire Evening Post last December showed the authority had spent £76m on six investment properties in the city since 2014.
But new data from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism shows that a further £18m had also been spent by the council on so-called “non-investment properties” during that time, taking the total to £94m.
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Hide AdA total of 127 properties and pieces of land were purchased by the council between the beginning of 2014 and the end of 2018, while another 156 were sold off.