ALL of us are well aware that local councils have been forced to increase council tax to residents as a result of Government cuts in support grants.

Many thanks and personal congratulations to Bournemouth Council for anticipating the situation and working hard over recent years to cut expenditure and slim down our council workforce by reviewing everything.

It seems to be a job well done and just in time to ensure that we in Bournemouth are not joining the rest of the country in paying for the past Labour government’s profligate spending.

Our council tax bill has just arrived and you have achieved a nil increase – incredible.

DAVID TRENCHARD, Honorary Alderman, Bournemouth Borough Council