26 Mar
Council’s £24,000 US trip slammed
The group from Essex County Council flew business class to Jamestown, Virginia, to mark the 400th anniversary of an English settlement in America.
The council said the transatlantic trip was aimed at forging new trade links.
Matthew Elliott, who heads the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “This is an appalling waste of taxpayers’ money.”
The alliance group said it was the last thing councillors should have been doing at a time of rising taxes.
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