The Association of Police Authorities (APA) hired a private lobbying firm in its battle against Home Office plans to dramatically reform the make up of its members.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith had proposed allowing the public to directly elect members to police authorities, but dropped the plans last month in an eleventh hour climbdown.
It has now emerged the APA used taxpayers' money to fund the services of Connect Public Affairs to offer advice and help oppose the proposals.
Tory MP Douglas Carswell, who discovered the spending, said: "It is shocking that quangos are using our money to pay lobbyists to defend and protect their own.
"They are using our money to stop us having a say in how our local communities are policed."
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