The Pounds 50,000 Bath and North East Somerset is proposing to spend on a junket to China is further evidence that reality has yet to hit home in the public sector.

Only last week, the authority's plans to spend Pounds 95,000 on consultants to advise it how to save money hit the headlines.

There is nothing wrong with the ambition of building links with the ever more important regions of China.

But spending Pounds 50,000 of hard-pressed taxpayers' money to do it is a skewed priority in a time of Clip on hair extensions, austerity, particularly when the council is complaining so vociferously of being under-funded.

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It is hard for the Government to take such claims seriously when it can find the funds for jollies like this trip to China.

Councils are also suffering from delusions of grandeur if they feel that trips such as these are really within their remit.

UK Trade and Investment has the primary responsibility for attracting overseas investment to the UK and having local councils duplicating this effort is a waste of time and money we can ill afford.

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Irrespective of the outcome of the General Election, councils are going to find their budgets squeezed.

Most people wish for little more from their councils than good schools, a good rubbish collection service and pothole-free roads, not councillors playing at being international businessmen.

Councils should be concentrating on the most effective way they can deliver core services, rather than jetting 5,000 miles to enjoy some Chinese hospitality.

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