Ooxford has been revealed as one of the poorest value-for-money district councils in the country.
A league table of civic spending has shown the Town Hall to be among the highest in areas like recreation, environmental health and benefit administration.
And even the man in charge of the city's purse strings, city councillor Stephen Tall, said the council is "high-cost, low performance".
For full details see Thursday's Oxford Mail.
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