Former Bexley councillor Katie Perrior, who campaigned for a Waitrose to be built in Sidcup, featured on the BBC's Britain's Spending Secrets last night.

The ex Blackfen and Lamorbey councillor, who was a member of Bexley Council for more than 12 years from 2002 to 2014, talked to the programme's presenter Anne Robinson about her spending habits.

Robinson took a stroll around Waitrose on Sidcup high street with Ms Perrior who agreed it was her "spiritual home".

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Former Bexley councillor Katie Perrier and Anne Robinson in Sidcup Waitrose.

Talking about the fight to bring Waitrose to Sidcup Ms Perrior, who earns around 100k a year from her PR consultancy firm, told Robinson: "Do I want another pound shop? I'll go in a pound shop, I don't want two, one is enough."

Ms Perrior admitted one of her biggest spends is sending her son to private school, which at a cost of around nine to £10,000 a year she described as "cheap compared to some".

Earlier in the show Robinson said: "She's lived in Sidcup all her life but as her incomes changed so did her taste.

"She outgrew her local shops and was determined to do something about it."

The express sized Waitrose opened in 2013 after two years of planning applications and campaigning by councillors and residents.

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James Brokenshire MP and Bexley Counci leader Teresa O'Neill opening the new Waitrose in 2013.

Waitrose initially pulled out of the development in 2012 over long-term viability fears, but a strong campaign - including a petition launched by the council - won them back.

A News Shopper poll revealed 87 per cent of voters wanted the supermarket to open.

Even London mayor Boris Johnson joined the campaign after he wrote to Waitrose's managing director Mark Price urging them to reverse their decision.

In May 2013 Waitrose announced their move to Sidcup, creating 50 jobs in the process.

During the show which was aired on BBC one last night (August 26) Ms Perrior admitted that her desire to "raise the tone" of Sidcup sounded "really middle class".

She said: "My son thinks its normal to have a cleaner. I'm not sure I like that very much."