Boris Johnson defends garden bridge plan that will cost public £46m

Foreign secretary faces London Assembly oversight panel over costs and disputed deals with scrapped city projectBoris Johnson has said that he cannot recall why he signed a key directive as London mayor that contributed to the loss of more than £40m of public money on the city’s garden bridge. Facing increasing pressure over the abandoned project, Johnson, appearing before London Assembly members, answered detailed questions on the scheme for the first time on Thursday. Johnson offer