The Labour leader of a cash-strapped town hall has been accused of wasting thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money on a rebranding exercise before he was ousted, including £700 on a door sign.
Cllr Simon Hogg, who ran Wandsworth Council until his party was beaten by the Tories in May, spent another £600 on personalised greeting cards.
His spending spree, uncovered by the incoming Conservatives, also included £825,000 on a leader’s office with six staff and a delivery unit, plus £25,000 on a second office in the south London borough’s HQ.
The Labour administration even paid £84,000 for consultants to lobby the Labour government
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