Cash-strapped councils Lavished Tens Of Thousands Of Pounds On Foreign Jaunts Last Year - Including Business Class Flights To

Cash-strapped councils lavished tens of thousands of pounds on foreign jaunts last year - including business class flights to [/news/china/index.html China] and five-star hotels.
Despite warning they would face bankruptcy if they failed to cut services, town hall bosses spent £90,000 of public money on trips abroad.
It comes after the Local Government Association said councils need an extra £10billion to plug the funding gap and improve services.
Responses to Freedom of Information requests from 44 councils revealed the public footed the bill of £89,699.85 for overseas trips for officials.
Because the audit is based on only a fraction of local authorities, Lạc Sơn Đại Phật the true figure is certain to be much higher.
Cash-strapped councils lavished tens of thousands of pounds on foreign jaunts last year - including business class flights to China and kynghidongduong.vn five-star hotels
Tory MP Ben Bradley hit out at the 'hypocrisy' of council bosses who claim they need more funding while spending money on 'jollies'.
The investigation was carried out jointly by the Mail and the Taxpayers' Alliance.

It showed that Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council in Northern Ireland spent £23,000 on overseas trips last year, including £12,210 on business class flights to China.
Council tax-payers footed the bill for four staff and one elected official to spend five nights in the city of Leshan to attend the Sichuan International Travel Expo in September.

Minutes from a council meeting last year approving the trip estimated flights would cost £750 per person - but the cost was three times that because bosses opted for business class flights at £2,442 per head.
The council claimed the trip was intended to create 'international relations' between the two cities.
Tory MP Ben Bradley (pictured) hit out at the 'hypocrisy' of council bosses who claim they need more funding while spending money on 'jollies'
Angus Council, in Scotland, spent £5,723 on foreign trips last year, including more than £2,300 on golf shows around the world.
The council spent £610 at the five-star Savoy Le Grand Marrakech in Morocco at £120 per night while a staff member attended the International Golf Travel Market in October last year.
A council spokesman said: 'Golf and golf tourism are hugely valuable to the local economy.'
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