Published Date:
07 May 2006
By EDDIE BARNES
GLASGOW'S Lord Provost is to fly to Germany at taxpayers' expense this summer to watch a World Cup football match.
Even though Scotland have failed to win through to the finals, Liz Cameron and her husband are to travel to Nuremburg after being invited to attend a match between Japan and Croatia on June 18.
The Lord Provost was invited by Nuremburg's mayor because of Glasgow's twinning link with the southern German city, which marks its 20th anniversary this year. She will be put up at the expense of the German city's mayor, but the cost of her and her husband's flights, amounting to £412, will be met by council tax payers.
Cameron's latest foreign foray will raise eyebrows, coming after it emerged she had spent £60,000 of taxpayers' money on trips abroad over just nine months. The figure was 11 times that of Edinburgh's Lord Provost for the same period.
Cameron has defended her visits, insisting that "nobody can promote Glasgow by simply sitting behind a desk".
Opposition parties said that the latest trip - while cheap - was not justified. Bill Aitken, Conservative MSP for Glasgow, said: "It hardly seems a worthwhile use of taxpayers' money."
The full article contains 223 words and appears in Scotland On Sunday newspaper.
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Last Updated:
08 May 2006 4:10 PM
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Source:
Scotland On Sunday
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Location:
Scotland
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Related Topics:
Council tax
