By pushing back against the attempted PCCW buyout plans of Richard Li and probing the muck of Citic Pacific, the commission and its head Martin Wheatley (profiled in our Jan. 12 issue) have joined with longtime local reformers to start the ball rolling--if still uphill.

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But Ms Portas said the aim of the money from the government-backed Portas Town scheme was to "start the ball rolling".

BBC: Mary Portas in Bedminster to see how money was spent