More than £127k spent on social media adverts by Oxfordshire council
- Oxfordshire County Council spent £127,320.24 on social media marketing from March 2024 to March 2025.
- The council says that social media is crucial to communicate with residents effectively.
- Adverts promoted mental health services, the energy saver app, and NHS health checks.
- Councillor Liam Walker stated that spending money on roads would be a better use.
- The council evaluates each item of spending to judge its effectiveness and impact.
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More than £127k spent on social media adverts by Oxfordshire council
Oxfordshire County Council spent more than £127,000 on social media advertising within a year.
Council spent more than £127,000 on social media advertising - Banbury FM
A Conservative councillor feels the money could have been better spent on fixing roads by Esme Kenney, Local Democracy Reporter Oxfordshire County Council spent more than £127,000 on social media advertising in the space of a year, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has shown. The county council has Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Nextdoor and YouTube accounts, which are monitored Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm. The FOI response stat…
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