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The statue has been paid for by the Public Memorials Trust, a charity that aims to commission and erect memorials of historically important figures. Money raised by the GCHA Margaret Thatcher Appeal will help deliver the statue. No public funds have been used.
The council’s decision to underwrite a £100,000 unveiling ceremony had reignited the debate on whether the statue should be erected at all.
The Liberal Democrat councillor Amanda Wheeler said: “I think it’s embarrassing that the district council even contemplate spending £100,000. It’s so out of touch with where we are right now as a country.”
Wheeler said a recent housing report for Grantham had placed the council into special measures yet it wanted “to blow £100,000 on salmon, caviar, and champagne”. ....

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