Two hospitals that were being built by Carillion will be delayed by years and cost more than £2bn.
The anticipated cost to build the 646-bed Royal Liverpool Hospital has risen 42% to £1.1bn, according to the National Audit Office.
Meanwhile the estimated cost of the 669-bed Midland Metropolitan in Sandwell, intended to replace two hospitals, has risen 44% to £988m.
The hospitals were included in the £845m writedown of Carillion’s accounts in 2017, which set in train events that led to its compulsory liquidation owing more than £1bn in January 2018.
