Scots Youngsters commissioner criticised cartoon costs
Tom Baillie, the commissioner for children and young people has come under fire after it emerged that he had spent thousands of pounds transferring himself into a cartoon character.
The Daily Express reports that in order to front a project highlighting the rights of youngsters, Baillie spent over £4,000 on creation of a cartoon character of himself as part of a £26,000 package of promotional materials, including £3,000 spent on the creation of 40,000 badges, £3,300 on 10,000 bags and £1,400 on 2,500 stress balls.
A website has also been launched as the focal point of the project.
Critics have called for Ballie to ‘rein in his spending’ amidst public sector cuts, although a spokesperson the commissioner said that demand for the materials was ‘incredibly high ‘ and would be used to reach ‘tens of thousands of youngsters’.