A Royton Councillor has slammed Oldham Council for spending £48,180 a year on a Council newspaper 'nobody wanted', dubbing it 'Have I Got Arooj For You'.
Royton North Councillor Lewis Quigg said: "With Council tax going up it is utterly scandalous that the Council is wasting taxpayers money on a newspaper."
The Councillor noted in a Facebook post that 'the same cash equivalent could, on average, have filed in 548 potholes, cleaned 3,212 gullies/grids and employed two bin men'.
Councillor Quigg added: "Local news brands face greater market pressures and competition, yet the Council produce a vanity newspaper - or 'Have I Got Arooj For You'.
"It features the Leader of the Council eight times in photos and nine times in quotes out of a total of eight pages.
"It isn't real news."
