At the last Audit and Governance meeting, the internal auditor – SWAP – said they wanted electors to ask questions about Knowle relocation (as if there haven’t been enough!

So here is one:

What is the difference between “cost neutral” and “no additional cost” when speaking of Knowle relocation?

We ask because one of the answers to a question asked about this on “What Do They Know” is as follows:

Question: Could you confirm that the council still wishes to render any final decision as cost neutral?
Answer: To be specific, the Council is committed to delivering new offices at no additional cost to council tax payers.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/relocation_manager#incoming-398480

Now, obviously there is something different about the two phrases or the answer would not have been so specific.

We are keeping our beady eyes on this one – the devil is in the detail and detail is hard to find at Knowle.