Cheshire East Council is paying an outside company £28,720 this year to webstream 10 cabinet meetings so residents can see them live.

The figures were revealed following a freedom of information request submitted by the Chronicle after the council failed to respond to our initial request for the cost details.

The council maintains this is the most cost effective way of streaming and archiving its meetings.

Reported by the Crew Chronicle. You can read the full story here. 

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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.