Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Birmingham Council Spent money on: Council manage to spend a staggering £1.2 million spent on library website >: Postcode: B1 1BB |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Sandwell Council Spent money on: Council reported to have spent £72 million on white elephant building; Labour council leader admits it was a mistake >: Postcode: B69 3DE |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Solihull Council Spent money on: Spent nearly £90,000 on cleaning up fly-tipping but failed to recoup any money in fines >: Postcode: B91 3QS |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Wiltshire Council Spent money on: Councillors vote to give themselves a pay-rise after making 252 staff redundant >: Council leader tries in vain to defend a 36.5% increase in her allowances Postcode: BA14 8JN |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Mendip Council Spent money on: Council handed back £500k to developer after it failed to spend it in time >: Postcode: BA4 5BT |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Bournemouth Council Spent money on: Council manage to spend an unbelievable £200k redeveloping website >: £86k of public money used on Welcome to Bournemouth Signs Postcode: BH2 6DY |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Bolton Council Spent money on: Council spend £3.5 million on refurbishing the town hall in the face of £35million budget cut >: Bolton Council to spend £50,000 on consultants to help axe jobs Postcode: BL1 1RU |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Bury Council Spent money on: Grant from council used to buy Manchester United season ticket shows lack of competence when using public money >: £130,000 spent on silencing former employees, the highest of which was over £18,000 Postcode: BL9 0SW |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Bromley Council Spent money on: Tory council show disregard for environment by chopping down more trees than it plants >: Postcode: BR1 3UH |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: North Somerset Council Spent money on: Councillors spend public money hiring a consultant on a £100,000 salary in order to advise them how to cut costs >: Facing £90 million of cuts, the council spend £80,000 on iPads Postcode: BS23 1UJ |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: East Cambridgeshire Council Spent money on: Council to spend £30,000 on former council official in order to find out how to save money >: Postcode: CB7 4PL |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Rhondda Cynon Taff Council Spent money on: After claims of financial Armageddon, council spends an average of £126,000 on 5 top employees' leaving packages >: Postcode: CF40 2XX |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Caerphilly Council Spent money on: Council wastes £100,000 spying on its own employees >: Council spend over £1 million on gagging orders over a period of ten years Postcode: CF82 7WF |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Cheshire West and Chester Council Spent money on: Chief Exec on £235,000 per year, 21 staff members on between £100k-£200k per year >: Postcode: CH1 2NP |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Wirral Council Spent money on: £25,000 wasted on re-carpeting the Town Hall >: Just under £1,000,000 spent on an "executive fire escape" and first-floor alterations whilst budget cuts are made Postcode: CH44 8ED |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Essex Council Spent money on: Spending public money on a trade delegation to China rather than focusing on local problems >: Council spends £8.6million on consultants while it cannot stop the rising number of pot holes Postcode: CM1 1LX |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Croydon Council Spent money on: The decadence of Tory councillors: £272 spent per tap in brand new £140million HQ >: Conservative-run Croydon show financial mismanagement by failing to collect £35million in unpaid council tax Postcode: CR9 3JS |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Canterbury Council Spent money on: Council recommend that £17,000 be spent on mayoral robes >: Council spend £19,000 buying glorified pooper scooper, which then costs £10,000 a year to run being used only two days a week Postcode: CT1 1YW |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Coventry Council Spent money on: Cash-strapped council spend thousands on iPads and iPhones >: £10,000 spent on sending Lord on fact-finding mission to China while council debates multi-million budget cuts Postcode: CV1 5RR |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Derby Council Spent money on: £60k spent on resurfacing bike path after just 1 complaint >: Council rack up £450k of legal fees, at the taxpayers' expense, on row over tow path Postcode: DE1 2FS |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Derbyshire Council Spent money on: Residents protest against council wasting money on Installing road signs with irrelevant place names >: Failing to follow up library fines; nearly quarter of a million in unpaid fines Postcode: DE4 3AG |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Durham Council Spent money on: Public pay for £12k a year clothing allowance to chief exec >: Public pay for £12k a year clothing allowance to chief exec Postcode: DH1 5UF |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Darlington Council Spent money on: Cash-strapped council blow £9million on a car park and a loan >: Postcode: DL1 5QT |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: North Yorkshire Council Spent money on: Failure to deliver credible results in scheme to help troubled families as fewer than 100 people have found a job whilst on it >: £68,000 of public money paid out in compensation for accidents at school Postcode: DL7 8AD |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Doncaster Council Spent money on: Unsuccessful public information kiosk scheme quietly scrapped after taxpayer picks up £600,000 bill >: Postcode: DN1 1BN |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: North Lincolnshire Council Spent money on: 19 council employees earn over £100k per year, while one member of staff earns £327k >: Council opposition concerned with Tory council's plan to use cash reserve to fund new budget Postcode: DN16 1AB |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: North East Lincolnshire Council Spent money on: Council fined £80,000 after incompetence led them to lose a memory stick with sensitive information about children on >: Postcode: DN31 1HU |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Dorset Council Spent money on: Parking fine for person helping someone with health problems >: Waste of public money painting “wonky” road lines Postcode: DT1 1XJ |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Dudley Council Spent money on: £5.5 million spent on council credit cards in one year to fund trips to KFC and McDonalds >: Used public money to hire private investigators to spy on their own staff Postcode: DY1 1HF |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Waltham Forest Council Spent money on: £610,000 spent on making councillors more comfortable in town hall refurbishments >: Councillor sees his salary rise by 24% despite continuing budget cuts Postcode: E17 4JF |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Enfield Council Spent money on: Labour councillors take a taxpayer funded trip to the French Riviera >: Postcode: EN1 3XY |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Devon Council Spent money on: Sub-standard work on potholes means work has to be re-done, wasting public's money >: Postcode: EX2 4DD |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Blackpool Council Spent money on: Public's money ensures comfort for council employees as contract for office furniture is worth between £50k - £200k >: Postcode: FY1 1NF |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Glasgow Council Spent money on: Council accused of gross financial waste as they pay £50,000 for performances by “Z-list” celebrities >: Postcode: G2 1DU |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Cotswold Council Spent money on: £19k spent on motivational magician >: Planning appeals cost public £250,000 over the last two years Postcode: GL7 1PX |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Guildford Council Spent money on: Council embark on witch hunt for anonymous letter writer by fingerprinting employees, while the subject of one of the letters is given a pay off believed to be around £160,000 >: Original budget of £150,000 for aerial adventure course in public park is hopelessly ignored as it, at least, doubles in price Postcode: GU2 4BB |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Harrogate Council Spent money on: £9million on new council offices in middle of residential estate >: Postcode: HG1 2SG |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Brent Council Spent money on: Council spends £250,000 of taxpayers' money on keeping libraries closed >: £98,000 spent on a party to celebrate the opening of council's new offices Postcode: HA9 9HD |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Harrogate Council Spent money on: Council have already spent £885k on office move, before approval has been sough: if approved costs will rise to £10 million, if not £885k will become waste >: Postcode: HG1 2SG |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Herefordshire Council Spent money on: While council face £4,000,000 overspend, they advertise a £500 a-day job for a temporary senior management position >: Council spend £50,000 of public money on a bull sign as part of a re-branding exercise Postcode: HR1 1SH |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Hull Council Spent money on: Council spend a giddying £8.5k kitting out a room for Peter Mandelson >: Mayor admits that his job is to “wine and dine” councillors - at the public's expense, of course Postcode: HU1 2AA |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: East Riding of Yorkshire Council Spent money on: Director of Corporate Resources earning over £400k per year, Chief Exec £200k, 7 employees £100k+ >: Despite claims of poverty, council has £1.1billion in cash reserves Postcode: HU17 9BA |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Suffolk Council Spent money on: Economic crisis leaves high earners untouched as £852k spent on bonuses >: £4000 of public money spent so councillors can bond in castle Postcode: IP1 2BX |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Liverpool Council Spent money on: Council blunders badly after it bid for £10million grant to help with bin services, and then turned it down once it was offered >: Postcode: L2 2DH |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Leicester Council Spent money on: Council wasted £6,000 on hiring celebrities to appear at council events >: Postcode: LE1 6ZG |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Leicestershire Council Spent money on: £200k thrown away on chauffeur services by irresponsible Conservative council >: Postcode: LE3 8RP |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Leeds Council Spent money on: Spends £1.8million on new website >: Despite council having to cut budget by tens of millions, employee enjoyed an £8,000 all-expenses-paid trip abroad Postcode: LS1 1UR |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Salford Council Spent money on: Costs for hi-tech hub almost doubled from £8 to £14million, funded entirely through public's money >: Postcode: M27 5DA |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Trafford Council Spent money on: Refused to clear up dog mess in a public playground because it posed a health and safety risk to council workers >: £34 million wasted on a new town hall as 1000 jobs cut from public services Postcode: M32 0TH |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Manchester Council Spent money on: Council staff waste £355 calling speaking clock, in what is both a waste of the public's time and money >: £500,000 on private pop concert for councillors, footballers and VIPs Postcode: M60 2LA |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Kent Council Spent money on: Giving nearly £500k as a leaving package for council chief exec who only spent 16 months in post >: Council wasted taxpayers' money by painting white lines on the road, then tarmacking over them Postcode: ME14 1XQ |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Medway Council Spent money on: £7,000 wasted on hiring famous actor to provide voice-over for bus audio guide while trying to make £7 million cuts >: Council planning to spend £4.4 million of taxpayers' money on developing Rochester Airport; opposed by nearly 80% of residents questioned Postcode: ME2 4AU |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: South Lanarkshire Council Spent money on: Wanting to keep its pay scale secret, the council has wasted £200,000 of taxpayers' money on a failed legal case >: Council paid out the largest remuneration package in Scotland, 2011-2012, to outgoing chief exec to the tune of £543,000 Postcode: ML3 0AA |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Islington Council Spent money on: Even as council workers jobs are cut, £40million has been spent on agency staff since 2010 >: While local government budgets are cut, Islington fritter away £133k on tea and biscuits over 3 years Postcode: N1 2UD |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Haringey Council Spent money on: Roads remain unfixed as council spend £65million on agency consultants >: Council plan to spend £3,000 of taxpayers' money on yacht trip; actually trebles to £9,000 Postcode: N22 8LE |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: North Tyneside Council Spent money on: Council wasted high street fund by buying a £1,500 Santa Claus >: Council funded £1 million crane that has never been used Postcode: NE28 7RR |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: South Tyneside Council Spent money on: Spending a huge amount of taxpayers' money on legal fees chasing down a blogger who criticised the council >: Over £5,000 of public money spent on parties towards the end of 2013 Postcode: NE33 2RL |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Nottingham Council Spent money on: Despite cutting £83 million from their budget, council allots over £1million to repair a wall >: Council to spend £13.7 million on redundancies, £4 million more than was spent on libraries Postcode: NG1 4BT |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Ashfield Council Spent money on: Despite people struggling to make ends meet, council sanctions £70,000 Christmas bonus bonanza >: Postcode: NG17 8DA |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Nottingham Council Spent money on: Spent money to pick conkers from a tree as they were deemed a health and safety risk >: Council wastes £500k replacing pavements in order to encourage exercise Postcode: NG2 7QP |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Northamptonshire Council Spent money on: Running a class that teaches welfare for hamsters >: Council commit £100k hiring specialist to oppose HS2 Postcode: NN1 1DN |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Torfaen Council Spent money on: Council fail to sell-off £1 million worth of unused laptops paid for by the public >: Postcode: NP4 6YB |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Barnet Council Spent money on: Council ignoring the health of children as schools fail hygiene tests >: Postcode: NW4 4BG |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Oldham Council Spent money on: Huge overspend on park redevelopment funded by the public >: £6k on new carpet for council chief, paid for by the taxpayer Postcode: OL1 1UG |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Rochdale Council Spent money on: £500,000 spent on suspended staff between 2011 and 2013 as budget takes sizeable cut >: Struggling council pay £27,000 for consultancy agency, who – in turn – recommend raising Chief Exec's salary by £40,000 Postcode: OL16 1LQ |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Tameside Council Spent money on: £5000 spend on teaching council staff how to walk despite having to slash their budget and services >: Over £5,000 spend on an iPhone app that only 222 people have downloaded Postcode: OL6 6DL |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: King's Lynn and West Norfolk Council Spent money on: Council spend £600,000 a year keeping local theatre open despite record ticket sales >: Postcode: PE30 1EX |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Plymouth Council Spent money on: Council fined £60,000 for sending classified information about a child protection case to the wrong recipient >: £437,000 spent on designing and maintaining council website amidst job cuts Postcode: PL1 2EW |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Gosport Council Spent money on: Council plans to spend £100,000 cleaning pond but faces opposition from local environment groups >: £100,000 plans to pay company to refurbish local ice rink Postcode: PO12 1EB |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Fareham Council Spent money on: £300,000 of public's money spent on consultancy company in order to improve its customer service >: Postcode: PO16 7PP |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: West Sussex Council Spent money on: Public money used to quench council employees' thirst as £78k on refreshments >: Spending £100k on making "absurd" videos Postcode: PO19 1RQ |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Sefton Council Spent money on: £1.1 million on renting accommodation while Southport town hall remains effectively empty >: Ignoring a proposal to save a local library that would cost £43,000 and then spending £70,000 to demolish it Postcode: PR8 1DA |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Reading Council Spent money on: Leader of council takes “a dim view” of the people she represents in dispute over council tax hike >: Postcode: RG1 7TD |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Bracknell Forest Council Spent money on: Director of Environment, Culture and Communities on £134,000 per year at the expense of the taxpayer >: Postcode: RG12 1AQ |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Horsham Council Spent money on: £1150 spent on 2 llamas to graze on a field with sheep, as well as £575 on fish for a pond >: Postcode: RH12 1RL |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Sheffield Council Spent money on: Huge costs relating to refurbishment of council buildings; including £17k on chairs >: £4.7 million on consultants in 12 months amidst job cuts and budgetary pains Postcode: S10 5NA |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Rotherham Council Spent money on: As of July 2012, since 2007, the council had spent over £1 million in compensation claims. This includes £27k for people falling off chairs. >: Spends £644,000 of council tax-payers' money on chauffeur-driven cars Postcode: S60 2TH |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Neath Port Talbot Council Spent money on: Council wastes £730,000 on replacing wheelie bins with smaller versions, while having to make millions of pounds of savings >: Postcode: SA13 1PJ |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Southwark Council Spent money on: Council spend £11,000 on plastic cups despite pocketing £36million in funds that could be used for public servcies >: Postcode: SE5 8UB |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Lewisham Council Spent money on: Labour council's lack of concern for the environment shown as it is reported to be the least green council >: Postcode: SE6 4RU |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Stevenage Council Spent money on: Council waste £63,000 of taxpayers' money on canopy labelled eyesore >: Postcode: SG1 1HN |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Hertfordshire Council Spent money on: 12 six-figure redundancy packages to council employees: one of which received £500k after only 20 months in the job >: £7million spent on protecting empty buildings rather than putting them to good use Postcode: SG13 8DE |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Central Bedfordshire Council Spent money on: 10 members of staff on over £100k per year, 1 on over £200k per year >: Postcode: SG17 5TQ |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Cheshire East Council Spent money on: Chief Exec on over £200k per year, 15 other staff members between £100k-£200k per year >: £210k squandered building 2 ponds in order to create habitat for some newts Postcode: SK10 1DP |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Slough Council Spent money on: £26,000 spent by cash-strapped council on spy plane with heat sensitive cameras to find illegal immigrants >: Postcode: SL1 3UQ |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Swindon Council Spent money on: In the face of sky-rocketing budget cuts, council spends £17,000 on bottled water >: Mayoral office racks up astounding £110,000 worth of expenses in one year Postcode: SN1 2JH |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Hampshire Council Spent money on: 1400 made redundant, £220,000 spent on streaming equipment to view council meetings on Youtube >: Spending £250k on WW1 gun boat refurbishment while cutting 1,700 jobs Postcode: SO23 8UJ |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Sunderland Council Spent money on: Spent £210,000 of public's money on flights >: Postcode: SR2 7DN |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Staffordshire Council Spent money on: Spent £40 million on a business park that is largely empty >: Council play fast and loose with public's money as £40k spent on giant granite balls to protect council building from ram-raiders and terrorists Postcode: ST16 2LH |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Stoke-on-trent Council Spent money on: £10k of public's money spent on motivational texts for obese people >: Postcode: ST4 1HH |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Wandsworth Council Spent money on: Residents accuse council of not being impartial, and dismissing their concerns when it comes to planning proposals >: Postcode: SW18 2PU |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Westminster Council Spent money on: Council waste taxpayers' money on 23cm double yellow lines >: Advertising for a tutor in “Ukrainian egg decoration” on their job website; teaching qualification needed Postcode: SW1E 6QP |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Lambeth Council Spent money on: Taxpayer-funded press campaign that depicted fictional baby deaths branded “sick” >: Postcode: SW2 1RW |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Shropshire Council Spent money on: £360,000 spent on iPads in order to save £20,000 in pens and paper >: Postcode: SY2 6ND |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Somerset Council Spent money on: Council's judgement called into question as they spend £5.5million settling a dispute with a company hired to help save them money >: Irony abounds as £40k spent on consultations about how to save money Postcode: TA1 4DY |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Telford and Wrekin Council Spent money on: Council refuse to sell off lucrative property in order to reduce debt of £200 million >: Postcode: TF3 4LD |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Redcar and Cleveland Council Spent money on: £1.6 million spent on “vertical pier” causing outcry amongst residents >: Pedestrian access to council building branded “walk of shame” after costing £36,000 to build Postcode: TS6 1SF |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Hounslow Council Spent money on: Council gave green light for couple to have £20,000 solar panels on their house only to reverse their decision after they were put up. >: Millions of taxpayers' money spent on LED street lights that residents say are too bright Postcode: TW3 4DN |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Hillingdon Council Spent money on: Council continues to remove people from Band D of housing waiting list at the same time as 500% increase in “rough sleepers” >: Postcode: UB8 1UW |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Hammersmith and Fulham Council Spent money on: Financial apathy from council as proposed flyunder could cost somewhere between “£218million to £1.7 billion” >: Postcode: W6 9JU |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Wakefield Council Spent money on: Planning to spend £100,000 on Tour de France, even though it won't pass through Wakefield >: Postcode: WF1 2HQ |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Wigan Council Spent money on: £23,000 wasted on an ambassador to Wigan's twin town in France >: Postcode: WN1 1YN |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Worcestershire Council Spent money on: £110k on pot hole compensation due to poor road servicing from council >: Rather than actually solving the problem, council spends £1,000 on parody video about road damage Postcode: WR5 2NP |
Party: Labour Colour: large_red COUNCIL: Wolverhampton Council Spent money on: Council wastes money and paper warning residents about wasting paper >: Postcode: WV1 1SH |
Party: Conservative Colour: large_blue COUNCIL: Croydon Council Spent money on: £410 spent on an umbrella wrapping machine >: Postcode: |