City's £3000-a-week taxi bill
CITY council officials are spending nearly £3000 a week on taxis, new figures have revealed.
Officers attending meetings on council business spent a total of 147,565 on taxis last year – with the services for communities department accounting for a third of all journeys.
Councillors' expenses only make up around three per cent of the overall taxi bill.
The taxi bill for council staff has dropped from 166,427 in 2006/07 but opposition politicians and environmental groups today hit out at the expense and called on officials to start using public transport.
The spend on taxis was revealed after a question by Labour's Lesley Hinds at the last full council meeting.
Jim Inch, Director of Corporate Services said: "Council officers may use taxis when attending meetings or carrying out other essential council business, provided there are no other means to get them there."
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