TAXPAYERS are getting the opportunity to inspect Kirklees Council's accounts for 2002-3.

Anyone entitled to vote in local council elections has the right to inspect the accounts and ask questions about them or challenge them.

The council's accounts can be inspected by the public from Friday August 1 to Friday August 29.

They will be available for inspection from Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm at the Kirklees Information Point at Civic Centre I, High Street, Huddersfield, and The Walsh Building, Town Hall Way, Dewsbury.

A copy of the full statement of accounts can be obtained from the Director of Finance, Kirklees Council, Str- ategic Finance Service, PO Box 243, Civic Centre I, Huddersfield, HD1 2YU at a cost of £10 (postage is included).

Kirklees Council's financial summary 2002-3 is also published in the council's Community News which will be distributed to all households between August 25 and September 13.