Multi-million-pound plans to redevelop Chichester College and its Brinsbury campus have been dealt a devastating blow after the government announced it was axing funding.
The college had secured a major grant from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) which was going to be used towards ambitious plans to create a 21st-century college costing £135m.
But because of financial mismanagement on an epic scale, the body a
nnounced the college, along with many others, would not be receiving the money after all.
Despite the funding blow, the plans were not completely scuppered.
The college will try to find money from other sources to make the project a reality, although there will be a delay.
Chichester MP Andrew Tyrie said: "It is a disgraceful shambles that colleges have gone ahead with planning, very reasonably on clear guidance from the LSC, and then found out the goalposts have been moved."
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