Conservative County Councillors are spending £2,000 of your money on corporate teabags for staff, plugging the authority’s ‘low carbon mission’.

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Scott Collins, Parliamentary Spokesman for South Northants said “This is an utter disgrace. How can any reasonable person think spending £2000 plus on teabags and cups at a time the council cutting costs and laying off staff? This is nothing more than a overpriced ego trip for the councillors.”

“Given that the council has not signed up to commitments like the 10:10 project aimed at cutting carbon emissions it is ridiculous to waste taxpayers money which would be better spent on services that matter not trinkets and gimmicks”

To read the Chron’s coverage of the debacle, click on the following link:

http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Fury-as-cashstrapped-county-council.6435830.jp