Madeira Drive in Brighton has been closed to motorists since April Conservative councillors were labelled “Trump-like” when they called for a focus on “value for money”. The comments came in response to six examples cited by the Tories as examples of how the Greens and Labour had wasted taxpayers’ millions. Councillor Samer Bagaeen said that money saved through the proposed value for money programme could be spent on things like ridding the city of graffiti. Brighton councillor Samer Bagaeen warns of element of risk as lockdown eases He said that value for money was the relationship between economy, efficiency and effectiveness which all residents had the right to expect.