Lambeth Labour are always blaming others for funding shortfalls, but a quick scan of the stories below will show you that Labour are frittering away money that could be better spent on council services
- Labour-run Lambeth slammed for using housing funding on a “lights celebration”: MyLondon reports on the wastage here
- Lambeth set to bring leisure services in-house to deliver ‘better value’ for residents. Let’s hope the Labour-run department for ‘stronger communities, leisure and sport’ is better run than other Lambeth departments… Lambeth set to spend £5m on contractors ahead of taking the leisure contract back in-house at the start of April
- LondonNewsOnline reports on Lambeth Council shelling out nearly £1million on WeWork, despite already having their own offices: Lambeth slammed for shelling out £1m on WeWork space while council offices lay empty – South London News
- The Brixton Buzz summarises a report from an independent researcher highlighting the tens of millions of pounds spent on "Your Nu Town Hall": A Council in Denial: People’s Audit shine a light on Lambeth’s financial mismanagement with overpayments to contractors and spiralling cost of Your Nu Town Hall – Brixton Buzz
- The Brixton Buzz spotlights more spending at Homes for Lambeth, which ultimately failed and had to be brought back "in-house": Homes for Lambeth asks Council for another £3m – despite Kerslake Review critical of the company’s ‘overcharging’ – Brixton Buzz
- MyLondon reports on whopping amounts that Labour-run Lambeth (and Labour-run Southwark!) have had to spend compensating residents. Money that could be better spent on services: South London councils pay £19 million to residents who lived in damp and run-down flats - MyLondon
- The Brixton Buzz reports on Labour councillors approving over £2million for bollards on Windrush Square (£13,000 per bollard to a private contractor). One councillor even thought the vote was a "training exercise": Windrush Square bollards cost over £2 MILLION – that’s £13k per bollard – as Lambeth Council admits no terrorism threat – Brixton Buzz
- Senior Labour Councillors were sent to schmooze at a real estate forum, costing the taxpayer over £15,000: Lambeth Council forks out £15,500 to send 17 Officers and two Cabinet members off to Barbican property developer schmooze fest – Brixton Buzz
- The Brixton Buzz reports on another example of Labour-run Lambeth being forced to bring services back in-house after failed ventures: EXCLUSIVE: Lambeth Council set to ditch Greenwich Leisure Limited and take back control of sports centres in the borough