Saturday, 28 May 2011 10:05 'Despite being ordered to cut spending by almost 30 per cent, town hall chiefs have continued to lavish hundreds of thousands of pounds on dinners at Michelin-starred restaurants, leisure trips and expensive gifts including iPads and video games while slashing jobs and scrapping front-line services. An investigation by The Daily Telegraph has uncovered details of apparently questionable spending decisions by councillors and local government officials, with more than £2 million spent on travel over the last three years, including flights to Thailand, Kenya and Bermuda. Documents obtained by this newspaper show that the councils also spent £2m on hotel bills, including stays at the famous Four Seasons in New York, the five-star Pan Pacific in Singapore, and the Athens Hilton.' Read more: Councils Spend £100 Million on Taxpayer-funded Credit Cards Saturday, 28 May 2011 09:29 'We are all in this together' 'David Cameron has splashed out nearly £700,000 of taxpayers’ cash to revamp Downing Street this year, a sum that even members of his own party will find hard to stomach given the cuts the government is asking the British public to endure. The Prime Minister’s expenditure on his historic residence includes £30,000 for upgrading the larger flat above Number 11 where he and wife Samantha and their children live.' Read more: What Spending Cuts? Cameron Splashes Out £700,000 of YOUR Money on Downing Street Saturday, 28 May 2011 09:02What spending Cuts? Cameron Splashes Out £700,000 of YOUR Money on Downing Street
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