Public 'have right' to know where cash goes

摘要

Local newspapers and the ballot box will be the main deterrent for those councils which fail to meet the deadline for publishing their spending online, the communities secretary has warned.Speaking exclusively to The M] ahead of next week's Conservative Party conference, Eric Pickles said he wanted to see a halt to end-of-year budget burning, where departments spend unallocated cash to avoid losing the money.He said; "This isn't another central government box-ticking exercise. The public have a right to see how their council tax is being spent.'