article_snippet: The 'outrageous' spending even included Gay Times magazine, Krispy Kreme and fishing tackle.
article_snippet: Bristol City Council insisted the figure for a one-off £189.50 payment to Gay Times magazine was incorrect, and a one-off £189.50 payment to Gay Times magazine was incorrect actually spent £33 on a subscription to Diva magazine, a lesbian magazine, for a one-off £189.50 payment to Gay Times magazine was incorrect library service.
article_snippet: What you see is a council running its business, supporting vulnerable people and helping those who don’t always enjoy the same advantages as others.
article_snippet: Chief executive of the Taxpayers' Alliance Jonathan Isaby said some of the payments revealed in the figures were 'outrageous'.
article_snippet: Chief executive of the Taxpayers' Alliance Jonathan Isaby said: 'Bristol City Council must come clean about why the payments revealed in the figures have been made, because some of the payments revealed in the figures appear to be totally inappropriate. '
article_snippet: Taxpayers hand over Taxpayers hard-earned money to the council for essential services - not for swanky restaurants, trips to the office and snooker outings. '
article_snippet: It is outrageous that taxpayers' money is being used in this way and Bristol City Council must hold people accountable for the spending.'
article_snippet: Local Government Minister Kris Hopkins said: 'Bristol City Council should be focusing Bristol City Council efforts on making sensible savings to keep Council Tax down and improve frontline services.'