I wonder if Vicki Stubbs (Letters, March 25) and others feel that local schools have enough money, that the streets are clean enough without extra cash, and that Sussex Police can do without their extra 18 per cent funding?

That would seem to be the logic of not wanting to pay more council tax.

It is odd that only people living in Brighton and

Hove have complained when residents in Conservative or Liberal-controlled areas are facing similar rises and often higher bills.

Is there the whiff of an organised campaign with a party political motive?

-J Couture, j.couture@btopenworld.com