COUN Hardman's letter (LET, April 10) states that an extra £200,000 is needed to provide the standard of refuse collection service that the electors want.

The town has 62 councillors, the majority providing little or no service to the electors and costing more than that per year.

I don't think it takes an Einstein to work out the obvious solution.

L LAWES, Bold Street, Blackburn.