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£10,000 of taxpayers’ money spent on image of mayor and dog on bus – report

Source: PA Media

A metro mayor spent £10,000 of taxpayers’ money covering a double decker bus with three massive pictures of himself with his dog, a report has revealed.

Former Labour MP Dan Norris, the elected mayor for the West of England Combined Authority, approved the spending for the advertising to promote a free bus travel scheme around the region.

The double decker bus livery was never shown publicly after the combined authority’s interim chief

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