Foreign trips – delay in publishing information criticised

Following our story yesterday some correspondents have criticised the Council for failing to keep its “transparency” web site up to date.Expenses

The web site is aimed, apparently,  at telling taxpayers what expenses are being incurred.

  • Council officials foreign travel expenses are now published on their web site. There have been no entries made since May 2014 Click here
  • Senior officers expenses – including the cost of air travel but not destination and journey purpose information – are published separately although there have been no updates since June. Click here
  • Summaries of Councillors expenses are now only published annually.

The York Council seems to be struggling to publish information that it is required by law to provide click