COSLA advised that anyone staying overnight the evening before would be charged £145 plus VAT = £174.
More than the £544.
The questions that arise are Cllrs Buchanan and O'Kane never claimed mileage? (Did they car share - which would be great)
Why has Cllr Grants claim show a higher mileage that that shown for the journey by AA mileage app?
Why did Cllr Grant require to leave her home at lunch time (1pm), could she not have left after her tea (6pm), therefore not requiring to claim £20 for food?
Did it actually require THREE cllrs to attend this conference?
Why did Cllr Grant not use one of the fleet of Electric Cars that ERC have, cost nothing and are always available?
Did the residents of East Ren really require to foot the £1743.35 bill for three Cllrs to go to the ball?
Last year the Evening Times ran an article that highlighted Cllr Grants expenses and brought out her COSLA conference charges.
At that time she said "Barbara Grant said: “There were two COSLA conferences that I attended. It’s not just one day, it’s two nights. One of those conferences took place in the previous year but they didn’t have it included in that year’s expenses"
Link to the Evening Times article