Lib Dems condemn £40,000 waste

12 Aug 2015
Paul Browne

Lib Dem Councillor, Paul Browne has condemned Blackburn with Darwen Council for spending £40,000 of taxpayers money on forcing a footpath through a farm in Darwen.

Cllr Browne said that the council paid £21,000 to a rights of way oficer, £4,900 for the borough solicitor, £5,900 for a barrister and £7,000 for a witness. He described not as highway robbery but footway robbery.

This website uses cookies

Like most websites, this site uses cookies. Some are required to make it work, while others are used for statistical or marketing purposes. If you choose not to allow cookies some features may not be available, such as content from other websites. Please read our Cookie Policy for more information.

Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the website to function properly.
Statistics cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us to understand how our visitors use our website.
Marketing cookies are used by third parties or publishers to display personalized advertisements. They do this by tracking visitors across websites.