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Cash strapped Council spends £100,000 on creating new office for Leader

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Monday, 19 March, 2007

Conservatives on the Vale of White Horse District Council reacted angrily to news that office moves in the building designed simply to create a larger office for Lib Dem leader Jerry Patterson will cost the Tax payer over £100,000.The Council which only last month admitted that it faced a budget defecit and cash crisis of £800,000 has just completed the works. Staff cuts have been announced and it is also expected that cuts will be made to the Pensioners travel scheme as a result of the £800,000 shortfall.Cllr Melinda Tilley, Leader of the Conservative Group said, "This is absolutely ludicrous! on the one side we have the Cllr Patterson telling us we must tighten our belts and the Council has a budget defecit and then he wastes over £100,000 creating a Palacial suite of an office for himself. Staff are being shunted round the building, sensitve documents are having to be moved and this needless excercise is taking people away from their day to day jobs for a long time"Cllr Matthew Barber continued, "This sums up the atttitude of this Liberal Democrat adminstration they are too interested in swanky offices for themselves than delivering servcies to the residents."

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