She said it was not good value for money and would be hugely damaging to the environment and said it did not make sense to press ahead with it while reviewing aviation policy.

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The report's criticisms included that the States did not provide good value for money and that the current structure did not allow for clear, corporate leadership.

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However after a nine-week hearing Mr Justice Supperstone accepted that the council was entitled to bring the competitive tendering exercise to a close and then to develop the arena itself when other bids were found not to be good value for money.

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The old British Rail system was good value for money, there's no question about it, but it was not a great rail system.

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