Surrey Mirror published Reigate council spent £6,000 on jewellery for mayor and...

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council spent more than £6,500 on ceremonial pendants and calfskin scrolls for the mayor and other dignitaries – at a time when it is trying to make savings of £600,000.Council spending records analysed by the Surrey Mirror show that, in April this year, it paid Birmingham civic insignia maker Thomas Fattorini £6,557 for five die-cast pendants and two framed vellum scrolls.These included inscribed enamel pendants for the outgoing mayor, the…

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