Free meals for councillors reflects badly on Sunderland council
Graeme Miller said £5,000 is a relatively small amount of money, but spending anything at all on free meals for councillors reflects badly on the council’s priorities and principles.
It’s hard to see how Labour’s decision to reject my amendment was, as they’re fond of saying, “for the many, not the few”.
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Hide AdIn my view, the suggestion that we all pay for the meals was the most constructive and sensible way forward, but some councillors (none Conservative) were more concerned with turning the “debate” into a spectacle than with saving taxpayers’ money.
Nonetheless, and despite Labour voting our amendment down, I am pleased to say that all Conservative councillors who attend these meals will pay for them.
On behalf of the Sunderland Conservative Councillors.