In the same week 70-mile traffic jams were reported, Tory councillors cut bus services in West Sussex again.

That's the same inept Tory-run county council that axed hot school meals for local children to "save money".

Compare these short-sighted cuts with the record increase in public money they spent on their own councillors' allowances this year.

When will the Tories learn their lesson? The result of the General Election just three months ago proved the vast majority want more money prudently spent on public services to modernise and improve them, not a return to cuts and falling standards.

-Nigel Sweet, Nursery Close, Shoreham