GLASGOW’S lord provost is facing calls to resign after she blew £8,000 of taxpayers’ money on clothes in a “grotesque” spending spree.

Labour councillors called today for an investigation into the authority’s spending after SNP Councillor Eva Bolander’s expenses showed her claiming £1,150 for 23 pairs of shoes.

She also charged the taxpayer for six jackets, five coats and a £200 hat designed by supermodel Kate Moss.

In addition to the clothes, Ms Bolander also claimed £751 for haircuts, £358 for glasses and £479 for nail treatments.

The lord provost’s role is similar to that of a mayor, with duties such as chairing council meetings, representing the council at ceremonial events and receiving foreign dignitaries.

Last year, Ms Bolander, who represents Glasgow’s Anderston/City/Yorkhill ward, received a Rolls-Royce gifted to the council by tea cake tycoon Boyd Tunnock.

She also provoked outrage by collecting the 2018 Evening Times editor’s award on behalf of thousands of female council workers who walked out on strike for equal pay last year – after her council had underpaid them for years.

Local Labour councillor Martin McElroy compared Ms Bolander to notorious shoe collector Imelda Marcos, wife of the Philippines’ late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

He said: “At a time when services are being cut, Glaswegians will not understand why their lord provost believes it is appropriate to charge the taxpayer for kitting herself out with a new wardrobe.”

Scottish Labour MSP Monica Lennon said that Ms Bolander’s expenses “would have funded 72 school clothing grants” and called for her resignation.

Her party colleague James Kelly added: “While services for homeless people across Glasgow are being cut, the SNP lord provost has been touring the city in a grotesque spending spree at the taxpayers’ expense.

“In just one trip to John Lewis, she spent more on herself than what a worker being paid the national minimum wage earns in a whole week.”

A council spokesman said: “The national committee that oversees councillors’ pay recognises that the requirement to represent their city at hundreds of events means lord provosts often incur personal expenses.

“For that reason, the Scottish government allocates a civic allowance to each council. For Glasgow City Council, this is subject to a yearly maximum of £5,000.”