COUNCILLOR Tom Wells should be congratulated and supported in revealing details of the secret pay-off to the departing chief executive of Malvern Hills Council.

The council is a public body spending public money and has to account for every penny.

There can be no defence of the attempt to hide the details from the people whose money pays the bill.

The identity of the signatory on behalf of the council should be revealed and held to account.

David Robinson

Callow End