Is this Britain’s worst council? The area where the tenants live in squalor

A The council which failed vulnerable children and left social housing tenants living in squalor has spent more than £25m on climate change and “active travel” initiatives in 2019, The Times can reveal.

Lambeth Council in south London has spent huge sums on rain gardens, low-traffic neighborhoods (LTNs), cycle lanes and achieving its net zero ambitions, despite serious shortcomings in its core services and debts approaching £1bn. pounds.

The Labor authority also pays more than 40 staff on at least £100,000 a year, including a “director of climate and inclusive growth” who is on £160,000.

Critics say the council has become “ideologically fixated” on anti-car policies at the expense of carrying out the core functions of local government.

In 2019, the authority became