Sounds like a chean date

摘要

The outbreak of austerity in local government seems to have reached pandemic proportions -Uncle Eric will be pleased. Chief executives across the country have slashed their own pay, cut their expenses, and are working double shifts at the local district to prove their commitment to cutting costs for us poor taxpayers, currently burning our pets for fuel (We're not really, PETAlEa). Diary thought this austerity drive had reached its zenith at last year's LGA conference. In previous years, top bosses boasted about which hotel they were in (see Andrea Hill's expenses for details). Last year, they vied to out-do each other over just how cheap their hotels were.