A MORECAMBE charity, devastated at a 60 per cent cut in its council grant, has challenged councillors to see for themselves the good work they do.

Members of Age Concern, based at the Rainbow Centre, are still reeling at the reduction, which will adversely affect the lives of 630 local pensioners.

This week council auditors were asked to examine the accounts of the popular charity but manager Valerie Foley said: "They're welcome to come and look at everything we do - we've nothing to hide.

"We can't understand why they've cut our funds when a group of councillors recently came to look at the centre to see if a similar scheme could be set up in Lancaster."

Revenues chairman, Cllr Carol Broad, defended the authority's actions and said: "We looked at their figures time and time again and we've asked our internal auditors to look at them. We are awaiting a report. This is not a political issue. Members of all parties voted for the cut."

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