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Although the city has agreed to cover the first $270 million in debt incurred from the Games if LA28 goes overbudget, Wasserman said organizers don’t intend to come close to the financial backstop.

The stalemate eventually resulted in Ferguson's going into administration and being taken into state ownership in 2019 with the project already about £100m overbudget.

They highlight long waits in the health service, high levels of drug deaths and new ferries arriving years overdue and seriously overbudget.

Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa, the overbudget and long overdue CalMac ferries, have understandably attracted plenty of attention.

The construction of two delayed and overbudget ferries has "robbed taxpayers", a Labour peer has said.