Council blasted for trying to save paper...with the hope of receiving of an ipad
Matthew Sinclair of the Taxpayers Alliance.
Taxpayers blasted the council on Monday, accusing them of trying to get 'an exciting perk' at the taxpayers' expense.
Matthew Sinclair, Research Director at the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: 'It is right that the council should try to avoid wasting paper where they can.
'But incredible that they think that means providing councillors with flash new iPads at a cost of tens of thousands of pounds.
'A small, affordable laptop would do the same job, though it certainly wouldn't be as exciting a perk for the councillors.
'With ordinary taxpayers struggling after a decade in which council tax has nearly doubled and with grants from central government likely to be under pressure more needs to be done to ensure spending is focused on priority services and these kinds of wasteful projects are cut out.
'If councillors want an iPad they can buy one themselves.'
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