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The Olympic Development Agency confirmed yesterday that construction will begin next year, three months ahead of schedule, to ensure it hosts test events in 2011.

But League One club Leyton Orient are the latest to fall out with the ODA over a possible tenancy.

Within the £496million budget for the arena is the cost of reducing it after the Games to a capacity of 25,000.

Orient said that was still too big for their use, just as Premier League clubs say it is too small.

The only guaranteed support beyond 2012 is the London Marathon organisation's promise to help underwrite its upkeep as an athletics venue for 10 years.

ODA chief executive David Higgins said yesterday the almost doubling of the construction cost set out in London's bid was due entirely to the conversion of the figure from 2004 prices and the addition of VAT.