Councillors are damned if they do and damned if they don’t – it goes with the territory.
This time, as a row brews over county councillors staying at the plush Malmaison hotel in Oxford, we defend County Hall for offering its members the chance of an overnight stay.
It was crucial all 74 councillors attended yesterday’s budget-setting meeting and with heavy snow forecast it was uncertain whether many would make it.
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