Sir – Thank you Oxfordshire County Council, your notice “Variation” of Charges to Pay and Display On Street Parking Places in Central Oxford did make me smile, (Public Notices, May 21).

I compared all the current charges and the new charges and guess what? Not one has been reduced or maintained, they have all gone up, some by as much as 50 per cent.

“Variation” indeed, typical local government speak, if you mean increase then say increase.

John Lewis
Little Milton