Bob Lister, at the protest, suggested the money generated from the price rises would be used by the council to “recover lost money” from “disastrous deals”, including the due diligence costs for Barclays House and SPV.

Source: https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23227777.bournemouth-christchurch-poole-beach-hut-renters-protest-costs/?ref=rss

Bob Lister, chairman of the Poole Beach Hut Association, said: 'There's 1,194 council-owned huts in Poole, so we are being hit harder in terms of the number of tenants that are affected'

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