Over the last decade, Wandsworth Conservative Council has spent over £2million on publicity, an FOI has revealed.
That's the equivalent of 870,000 free school meals.
Pass it on.
That's the equivalent of 870,000 free school meals.
Pass it on.
Figures:
2010-11: £281,845
2011-12: £180,112
2012-13: £100,672
2013-14: £131,387
2014-15: £225,478
2015-16: £273,385
2016-17: £249,491
2017-18: £276,249
2018-19: £201,095
2019-20: £85,288
2010-11: £281,845
2011-12: £180,112
2012-13: £100,672
2013-14: £131,387
2014-15: £225,478
2015-16: £273,385
2016-17: £249,491
2017-18: £276,249
2018-19: £201,095
2019-20: £85,288
Wandsworth Conservative Council sends out a regular "Brightside" magazine, which features Conservative Councillors' spin stories. The Council also hires a company to create YouTube videos for the Conservative Leader and his Cabinet to push their messages.
Worth noting that at the last election, the Chief Exec had to bring forward purdah because the Tories were being too overt in using Council resources to publicise themselves.
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