Daily Telegraph: Letters: Inane self-publicity figures among the causes of continual council tax rises

SIR - The TaxPayers' Alliance estimates that councils spend more than £400 million a year on publicity (report, April 28).

The time is long overdue to question those responsible for wasting so much taxpayers' money. Here in the north-west, one council paints on its vans "Part of the team'' and has spent £100,000 on a new logo consisting of two circles.

My least favourite examples are the road signs reading: "Lancashire County Council, where people matter.'' Did we really think otherwise? Are such inane messages intended to achieve any objective, and if so, how is such achievement to be measured?

If local authorities are serious about reducing council tax increases, they should invite taxpayers' suggestions.

Brian Rick

Heversham, Cumbria