SIR – Seven million pounds – why, that is just ‘a drop in the Mirror Pool’, which is, ridiculously, being constructed around City Hall at a cost of £24m. That is almost four times the amount which the Government is wanting handing back from the Council.

It will cost a great deal of money each year just to keep the Mirror Pool clear of supermarket trolleys and other rubbish. The money spent constructing the pool and its upkeep could have been more wisely spent.

Peter A Rushforth, Sutton Drive, Cullingworth