A south London council has spent more than £6,000 on takeaways, coffees and food deliveries since 2022, new data shows. Labour-run Southwark Council has been criticised for splurging £6,276 of taxpayers’ money on online food deliveries and takeaway chains including Domino’s and Papa Johns.
The council has defended the figures despite harsh criticism from the Liberal Democrat opposition, claiming that some of the expenditure was necessitated by needing food at short notice in emergency situations, including for families and children in their care.
