Published: Wednesday, 28th May, 2008 2:00pm

I'M WATCHING YOU

Print | Email

A self-styled anti-sleaze campaigner is probing the expenses of every councillor in Renfrewshire after one prominent figure handed back cash to the public purse.

Tom Gatley, 67 took ex-Renfrewshire Provost Ronnie Burns to the Standards Commission over mistaken car expenses and says he won"t hesitate to expose other elected members if the evidence is there.

A high-level investigation by local authority watchdog, The Standards Commission, showed that the Linwood politician got money he was not entitled to and he paid back over a thousand pounds.

The Commission cleared him of any wrong doing but finance bosses got their knuckles rapped after failing to stop the erroneous payments in the first place.

FOR FULL STORY SEE THIS WEEK'S GAZETTE