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At a Southampton City Council meeting on 24th October, it was reported that a total of £12.1 million would be spent by the Labour-run Council over two years as part of their "Transformation Programme".
Previously, the total figure on consultants was "only" £9 million.
Not only would £9 million be spent on consultants Newton. An extra £3.1 million would be spent on other consultants, including those advising on "waste" and "leisure".
Co-founder of Southampton Independents and former Shirley by-election candidate Andrew Pope says:
"As a resident I find this extra £3.1m even more outrageous than the £9 million, and an admission that the Labour Administration and its officers are even more clueless than we already knew.
On the doorsteps of Shirley, the £9 million went down very badly with residents.
An extra £3.1 million will make many more Southampton residents unhappy with the way the Labour Party is running, has run down, and continues to run down the Council.
It's our money they are spending. And all this while cutting even more jobs, up to 168 of them. So much for those council employees who thought that Labour would save jobs."
