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Coventry council spends thousands on iPads and iPhones, FOI reveals

Council staff in Coventry have received more than £100,000 of smartphones and tablets a Freedom of Information request has revealed. 

The Coventry Telegraph report:

More than £100,000 worth of iPads, iPhones and Blackberrys have been given to council staff – despite huge cuts to services in Coventry.

Data revealed under the Freedom of Information Act shows top-of-the-range mobile phone and tablet devices worth £113,000 were handed out for the first time last year.

Coventry City Council insists they were purchased at an initial “subsidised price” but admits to shelling out £15,754 on 95 iPads for senior officers and councillors.

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