But the most unfortunate outcome of this affair is that it will once again diminish the already fragile trust in both politicians and journalism. “You might be interested to know that there are many practical ways local councils can take real and meaningful action to reduce their carbon emissions,” Taylor wrote. “One way was to limit unnecessary air travel.”Much to Moore’s surprise, he told her that her travel spending was $15m. The 2017-18 annual report on the website shows that councillors spent $4,206.32 on domestic travel and $1,727.77 on international travel. The only problem was the figures were wrong and the document provided by Taylor’s office had somehow been doctored.

Source: The Guardian October 24, 2019 16:52 UTC