Simon Fanshawe accuses me (Opinion, April 20) of making a party political point.

His party controls Brighton and Hove City Council and the Labour councillors have put neither sufficient determination nor resources into cleaning up Brighton and Hove so it can be a city of which we can all be proud.

At last month's council meeting, the Conservative budget proposal for an additional graffiti squad was voted down by Labour councillors.

-Coun G Theobald, Brighton