Councillor Barnard Langston's recent correspondence is incorrect because she does not have all the facts (Letters, April 26).

There is no inconsistency between our criticising taxpayers' money being spent on free nights out and the introduction of a designated Mayor's Day because what she does not know, or has not chosen to find out, is that in Councillor Willows and my discussion with the chief executive, we recognised the need to utilise different forms of funding for such an event to relieve the burden on the taxpayer.

Her letter, like so many Liberal Democrat statements since she and her husband joined that party, is not based on all the facts.

Is the reality that she does not like the idea of a Mayor's Day because she did not have a designated one during her Mayoralty?

-Cllr Brian Oxley, leader of the Conservative group, Brighton and Hove City Council