MP blasts council’s 150k spend, revealed by FOI, on ‘spin doctors brought up from London’

An MP has blasted Derbyshire County Council after it was revealed the authority spent more than £150,000 on a London-based PR consultancy firm last year.

Nigel Mills, the Conservative MP for Amber Valley, condemnded the Labour-led authority’s spend on what he described as a “spin” firm.

However, the council has defended the investment – saying it is now communicating messages to more people.

Reported by the Matlock Mercury. You can read the full information here.