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Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the first Fire Authority to publish items of spend over £500 as part of the new transparency arrangements for local government, in response to the recent paper issued by Eric Pickles MP.

The new coalition Government is committed to increasing transparency across Whitehall and local Authorities and the first step in this process for local authorities is to publish on-line items of spend over £500.

At Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service we believe that in order to be transparent that we should start and release as much information as soon as possible and we will now publish details of all of our invoices paid which total over £500 on a monthly basis.

Local Government Minister Bob Neill, said: "I applaud Staffordshire FRS for being the first service to open up their books. Local people should be able to hold politicians and public bodies to account over how their hard earned cash is being spent and decisions made on their behalf.

"The details released are an important first step towards getting local authority business out in the open to revolutionise local government.”

If you have any questions regarding our disclosure of information please contact webmaster@staffordshirefire.gov.uk

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