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Labour slam Westminster Tories for spending £230,000 on private health insurance

Labour Councillors have slammed Westminster Conservatives for spending over £231,000 on private health insurance for 100 senior managers at the Council. Last year the private health insurance bill for Council staff was over £228,000.

Labour say that spending over £230,000 on private health insurance for Council staff is the wrong use of public money at a time when nearly 400 Council staff face the sack and the Council finances are reeling after £17 million was invested in now-failed Icelandic banks.

Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg, Leader of the Labour Group, said:

“Why are Council Tax payers forking out nearly a quarter of a million pounds a year on private health insurance for 100 senior managers at a time when money is tight and hundreds of Council staff are losing their jobs because of the Conservatives’ financial incompetence? Council spending under the Conservatives is out of control. Unnecessary expenditure like this needs to be stopped so that money can be focused on front-line services for the elderly, young people and those in real need.”

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