ERIC PICKLES

Council leader calls for Pickles to quit

Nottinghamshire CC’s leader has called for Eric Pickles to quit after it was revealed he spent £500,000 on luxury limousines in three years.

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By Dan Peters | 10 November 2014

Nottinghamshire CC's leader has called for Eric Pickles to quit after it was revealed he spent £500,000 on luxury limousines in three years.

Labour's Cllr Alan Rhodes called the communities secretary the ‘biggest hypocrite in politics', adding on Twitter: ‘He has lectured local councils on spending for too long.'

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