THE NEC Group has pulled out of the multi-million pound Bradford Live project with "immediate effect", it has been confirmed this afternoon.
Councillor Matt Edwards, leader of the Green Party Group on Bradford Council, said: "At last the Bradford public is getting confirmation of what has been one of the worst kept secrets in the district.
"Despite this announcement, there are still so many unanswered questions and Green Councillors have real concerns about the way this situation has been handled right from the start. We are especially worried about the financial implications this will have for our Council which is already teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
"Opposition Councillors are being given no information whatsoever on how much this is going to cost or what the financial risk to the Council is. We are effectively being told to trust that the Labour leadership know what they are doing.
"But given how this has been handled so far, combined with the situation at Bradford Interchange, the Council's financial crisis and the historical issues with children's service, there is no way I can have any confidence that this Labour administrations has the ability to run our district.
"Bradford's Labour leadership has lurched from self-induced crisis to self-induced crisis and they do everything possible to avoid any form of public scrutiny.
"I have already emailed the Chief Executive to say Green and other opposition Councillors urgently need more information on the financial implications of this news to let us do our jobs on behalf of the public."