MALVERN Hills District Council's proposal to spend £6.5 million building a new office is very bad news for the already hard-pressed Council Tax-payers of Malvern.

If this office gets the go-ahead, the chances of it being built for the estimated price of £6.589 million are just about zero as the new Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly buildings have shown.

If the council is really serious about co-locating its departments, why not move the whole shebang to an industrial-style building on Enigma Park?

KEITH BERRY, Nursery Road, Malvern.