While concurring with the sentiments expressed by Pete Smyth (What will be my consolation when Olympic spending goes hopelessly over budget?', Letters, October 26), who, like myself, is outraged by the surcharge imposed on London council tax payers to finance the 2012 Olympics, I thought that this might be a good time to note that, reportedly, the budget for staging the Games has already been increased by 47 per cent.
However, I wonder how many hard-pressed council tax payers realise that the special legislation that was enacted to allow the Olympics to go ahead excluded any cap on the expenditure raised in this way?
This means that the council tax payer will also continue to fund the inevitable cost overruns and resulting debt way beyond 2012, since Ken Livingstone asked for, and got, a blank cheque from the Government.
Brian Collins, Edgware
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