In response to Councillor Rebecca Poulsen’s wholly unfounded allegations – ‘Council considered scrapping the single person’s discount’ – it is not true Bradford Council has considered removing the single person’s council tax discount, nor does the council have any powers whatsoever to do this.

There is not one shred of evidence for Coun Poulsen’s claims, and local people will draw their own conclusions as to why she should feel the need to try to fool them with such shameless untruths and scaremongering.

Councillor David Green Bradford Council leader