Council that's £200m in debt to spend £30,000 on jubilee mugs for every primary school pupil

A debt-ridden council has come under fire after voting to spend nearly £30,000 on Diamond Jubilee mugs for all primary school children.

The decision to hand them out to almost 10,000 pupils was taken by Woking Borough Council to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June. 

The bill is likely to come to around £30,000 if the council agree to spend £2.50 on each china mug and an extra 40p on a presentation box.

The Tory-run council - which has debts of around £200m - stated that the mugs were in ‘recognition’ of the Queen’s ‘outstanding service’ to the country and in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee.

It added: 'This council wishes to present a commemorative mug to all children of primary school age attending a school in the borough.'

The council, however, was rapped by locals and councillors, who say that the huge levels of debt meant the £30,000 should be spend elsewhere.

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