Coun Renard makes a curious leap in his reasoning. He goes from: (1) the Government takes money from Swindon's council housing rent income to: (2) Swindon council charges its council tenants for a service which non-council tenants receive without paying an extra charge.

As if there were a therefore' in between.

Is he acknowledging that Swindon councillors deliberately took a decision to penalise council tenants for government policy?

I am a council tenant.

M Phillips.

Swindon