Cheshire West and Chester Council spent more than £9,000 of taxpayers’ money hiring out its own town hall.
The shock revelation was contained in a Freedom of Information response to The Chronicle concerning how much CWaC paid to hold last summer’s Local Plan inquiry at Chester Town Hall which is now managed by Chester Race Company in a five-year deal.
CWaC spent £9,208 hiring rooms in the civic building over 13 days, which works out at £708.33 per day, but insists this ‘offered easily the best price in the area’.