Blogger Will Parbury has unearthed the figure by means of an FOI request. Here's the breakdown:
Venue hire & staffing: £3,000
Audio/Visual services: £9,800
Print: £2,000
Descriptive services: £2,000
Taxis: £1,000
As Will observes, a grand on taxis seems a bit steep. I expect I should know what "descriptive services" are.* The Troll has followed up with details of forthcoming further "ad hoc" events which are now to be called Public Consultation Meetings, presumably to avoid again attracting accusations of pretending to be proper Peoples' Question Times. There's to be one held in Croydon in July. Which reminds me:
London mayor Boris Johnson is minded not to object to the construction of four towers with heights up to 45 storeys in the south of the capital, it has emerged. Plans for the mixed-use Cherry Orchard Road development adjacent to East Croydon station include the four towers and a further three buildings of up to six storeys.
From RegenDaily. Didn't Boris say he was against tall buildings? Croydonians, arise.
*Update, 18:06 Ah yes, I'm sure Helen, commenting below, is right. No quarrel with that item, then.
Update, bedtime It seems all the bills aren't in yet. See Troll update.
