Town hall chiefs have spent tens of thousands of pounds monitoring Google and Twitter for mentions of themselves – while making budget cuts to essential services.

Local authorities across Britain have spent a staggering £1.3 million tracking themselves in the press and on social media over the past five years.

The figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, reveal that Birmingham City Council alone spent £108,915.

Reported by the Mail Online. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.