Tory councillor Garry Peltzer Dunn has described letters being sent to people about housing benefit as "absolute gobbledegook".
The letters from Brighton and House Council explain to landlords and tenants why benefits are being changed.
Coun Peltzer Dunn told a scrutiny board on finance last night: "It doesn't make sense. How anyone could understand it I don't know."
He was told the council was making efforts to change the text and make it easier to understand but some legal phrases had to be included.
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