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‘Indefensible’: Stormont PR photography bill increases by almost 200{5b4d37f3b561c14bd186647c61229400cd4722d6fb37730c64ddff077a6b66c6} in space of four years
Stormont spending on PR photography has increased by almost 200{5b4d37f3b561c14bd186647c61229400cd4722d6fb37730c64ddff077a6b66c6} in the space of just four years, it can be revealed. he bill for publicity shots increased from around £30,842 to £91,172 over this period. The Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) — headed up by the DUP’s Edwin Poots — accounted for almost a quarter of the entire bill for all nine Stormont departments last year . It should be noted that the Department of Economy supplied figures by calendar year, while the rest supplied figures by financial year — but the upward trend across the board is clear. Figures obtained by the Belfast Telegraph via a series of Freedom…