Cut the highly-paid council executives

Sir, – One of the potential problems with our public services that seem to need more and yet more taxpayer funding is the large numbers of highly paid “executives” who are supposed to be managing the services while clearly failing to do so.

The problem has become endemic in all sectors, including policing, health, education and even in the realms of our local councils.

Politicians in both Holyrood and Westminster should be taking an axe to the increasing levels of “management” and their associated costs and it would be no bad thing if the public were properly informed of the present cost-breakdown for services that are paid for through taxation.

Derek Farmer. Anstruther,

Fife.