Richmond Park’s MP says the Government is attempting to “rewrite” its own involvement in Hammersmith Bridge’s reopening.

The Government has confirmed it will pay £2.93million towards the £8.8million stabilisation project already given the go-ahead.

But Sarah Olney says a cost-sharing deal between the Department for Transport and Hammersmith and Fulham Council was proposed last year.

She says the government’s efforts to reopen the bridge, which closed in 2019 due to structural concerns, have been “far below the mark.”