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Somme visit's costs slashed



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Published Date: 23 August 2008
THE council's bill for sending a representative to an annual ceremony marking the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme has been cut by around a third.
Deputy council leader Steve Cardownie attended the event in the French village of Contalmaison this year, and new figures reveal that his trip cost just £623.40.

The previous year, council leader Jenny Dawe's trip cost £987.61 – partly due to a late booking as it was only a short while after the 2007 election – while former Lord Provost Lesley Hind's visit cost £727.24 in 2006.



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  • Last Updated: 23 August 2008 10:43 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Edinburgh Council
 
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Resolutions,

24/08/2008 00:14:58
Strange - we could get two of us to the Somme for that sum and three for the 2007 figure!

But then we were not representing a council.
2

Top Floor,

25/08/2008 08:40:37
£623 to get Cllr Cardownie to northern France and back again ?

What a bargain !
3

Epicuras,

25/08/2008 11:53:12
#2 - why should anybody want the crook back?

 

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