There is a serious management problem at Brighton and Hove City Council over rubbish.

Councillors have stated they want to pass the contract to private operators and have several options available to them.

The cost for the removal of rubbish has been grossly underestimated and to do the job as it should be done will need twice as many binmen on the streets.

The council is at fault due to incompetence and a vote of no confidence in David Panter, the chief executive, should be held.

The whole affair is an absolute shambles.

-JL Evans, Brighton