article_snippet: A council has been forced to issue a ‘complete and utter’ apology for squandering over £500,000 of taxpayers’ money.
article_snippet: Forest of Dean District Council accepted a humiliating motion criticising Forest of Dean District Council for ‘scandalous waste’ over the past eight years after an ambush by Labour members.
article_snippet: Forest of Dean District Council was forced to apologise for squandering over £500,000 on renovation work .
article_snippet: A council was criticised for spending nearly £400,000 on renovating a reception area at A council offices and another £120,000 on demolishing a building which they failed to sell and which has lain empty for four years.
article_snippet: Labour councillor Di Martin, who introduced a humiliating motion criticising it for ‘scandalous waste’ over the past eight years after an ambush by Labour members, said the Conservative administration, which has run A council in Gloucestershire for eight years, ‘has failed miserably to listen to the people of the Forest of Dean and as a result the people of the Forest of Dean have been badly let down, an unqualified apology is due’.
article_snippet: Tory council leader Patrick Molyneux added: ‘An apology is needed for the scandalous waste of taxpayers’ money on the refurbishment of the district council’s reception area [at a cost of
article_snippet: ’ Tory council leader Patrick Molyneux added that the renovation work to the council’s offices – which included £13,550 to replace a CCTV system – was essential as ’s offices – which included £13,550 to replace a CCTV system – made the building more accessible to the disabled.
highlights_snippet: Forest of Dean District Council was criticised for Forest of Dean District Council 'scandalous waste'
  Authority spent nearly £400,000 renovating reception area at offices .
  