have to say how amazed I am at the amount of taxpayers' money that has been given to Stuart McDonough.

I used to work at RSRE and when I wanted to take early retirement all I was offered was an actuarially reduced pension. As I couldn't afford to retire on a reduced pension, I just had to soldier on until I reached retirement age and it's a good job I did otherwise I wouldn't be able to afford the outrageous cost of Malvern Town Council.

KEITH BERRY, Nursery Road, Malvern.