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Regeneration quango writes down £320m

By Jim Pickard, Political Correspondent

Published: September 24 2009 23:52 | Last updated: September 24 2009 23:52

The UK’s regeneration quango was forced to write down £320m on its extensive land holdings in its last financial year as the property market was hit by the credit crunch.

English Partnerships had posted an operating loss of £492.2m in its 2008-09 accounts, it admitted in its annual report – which was quietly posted on a website that was supposedly defunct.

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