📣 We won! 📣
Following a year-long battle to find out how @thurrockcouncil spent £1 billion of public money, we've won our tribunal case.
The ruling could force councils to tell their voters how they are spending public money. #opengov
thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-0…
Following a year-long battle to find out how @thurrockcouncil spent £1 billion of public money, we've won our tribunal case.
The ruling could force councils to tell their voters how they are spending public money. #opengov
thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2021-0…
We’ve found that councils up and down the country have been borrowing and gambling huge sums. The risks to the public purse are clear and yet decisions often happen behind closed doors.
This ruling is “a victory for taxpayers," said @Meg_HillierMP, chair of @CommonsPAC.
This ruling is “a victory for taxpayers," said @Meg_HillierMP, chair of @CommonsPAC.
"Taxpayers have a right to know how their taxes are invested and where," says @thatginamiller. "This transparency should be mandated across all public sector orgs, esp post-covid when councils may be tempted to take higher risks due to funding blackholes and government cuts.”
A big thank you to @thetimes @ReachPress @Archant @lgcplus @themjcouk @IndexCensorship and our network of journalists and concerned citizens that backed this effort.
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