Whilst Council Tax has skyrocketed and services have been cut to the bone, the Conservative Mayor's spending on external consultants has soared.

Not content with one of the most top-heavy senior management structures of any London borough, a cabinet of councillors on 'Special Responsibility Allowances' and an 'Improvement Panel' on the best part of a thousand quid a day, in the last financial year Perry thought we needed to bring in external consultants averaging over £42k PER DAY!

Nice work if you can get it. Not so nice if you're a Croydon resident who has to pay for it all.