Worcester City Council is advertising for an Active Travel Officer to encourage commuters and drivers to ditch cars and buses in order to help the environment.<br /><br />But residents have accused town hall chiefs of wasting public funds on “woke rubbish” while council tax has been raised by as much as £10.<br /><br />Business owner Angie Williams, 40, fumed: “How dare the council waste money on someone to teach us how to walk.<br /><br />“I think most people would walk of cycle if they could but for most people the car is the only way to get around.<br /><br />“How can I do the weekly shop if I go on my bike? <br /><br />“It’s very patronising to be told that walking and cycling is better than the car. Of course it is but sometimes you have no choice.”<br /><br />Resident Graham Crane, 50, added: “It’s yet more woke rubbish that comes from a council desperate to be seen to be going green.<br /><br />“How about spending the money getting road repairs done more quickly to reduce traffic jams?<br /><br />“It’s no good everyone walking and cycling if they have to do it next to a line of cars belching fumes out everywhere.”<br /><br />Filmed on 1st February 2022
