Last month (acting on a tip-off from a well informed insider) I asked my Council under the Freedom of Info Act to let me see the expenses claims of all highly-paid Council officials, and also the expenses claims of the "Consultants" they bring in on huge daily rates.
Today I got my answer. The Council has clearly asked their lawyers to find any legal loophole to tell me - a council taxpayer - to %^&* off. Here is the disgraceful email I received today:
http://www.yourconvenience.co.uk/ExpensesRefusal.pdf
D'you know - I feel a letter to Eric Pickles coming on....
'AN EXPENSES ACCOUNT' Jim Miller's adventures in the banana republic of Nth Herefordshire leominsterindependent@live.co.uk
