Article: Prosecution service splashes out pounds 2,000 on a hotel stay-while it works out how to save money; Luxury site just an hour away from CPS headquarters.(News)

Byline: Robin Turner

WITH the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) facing pounds 69m of cutbacks, a meeting of its North Wales managers to discuss budgets may have seemed timely.

And holding it away from the busy main office may have seemed a sensible option. But the CPS last night came under fire when it was revealed it spent more than pounds 2,000 on booking pounds 200-a-head overnight rooms and conference facilities at the luxury Bodysgallen hotel - just an hour down the road from its Wrexham headquarters.

Criticising the cost of the two-day ...

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