A COUNCILLOR has demanded to know why their local authority is set to spend £3600 on a single community Christmas tree – after a local supplier said they could do it for £150.
Councillor Dan Hutchison has been fighting to get the festive cost down after officials put forward proposals for a local council budget in Govan to spend £12,700 on lit-up trees.
The Scottish Greens representative is worried about frittering away vital public cash on Christmas trees amid the cost-of-living crisis. Today it was decided the Govan area will get one council-funded tree this year in a bid to keep costs down.
