...it is sobering to recall that one of the original planning conditions for the Olympic Park was that ground should not be broken until legacy uses had been agreed. Subsequent changes to the Games planning application mean that the condition no longer applies, but it shows how far the original vision of an Olympics development built to fit in with the legacy plan, rather than vice-versa, has slipped.

Part of a quote by Dave Hill from Regeneration & Renewal which flags up their Fair Games campaign again.

Meanwhile Inside Housing reveals a neo-liberal interpretation of social housing provision is being planned for the village, cherry-picking more suitable candidates from lower down the waiting lists: Olympic village looks to favour those in work. Perhaps this is another example of the sort of 'social apartheid' that concerned Boffy quizzed BoJo about at Mayor's Question Time recently?

And of course Baroness Ford, "would like to reassure everyone that there is nothing remotely dangerous or concerning about the remediation," in an interview with Paul Norman.