A £25,000 revamp of 150 tatty Worcester street signs has been given the nod - and an £80,000 upgrade of CCTV.

Worcester City Council's Labour leadership has agreed to splash the funds, saying it will boost the environment and give people more confidence over staying safe.

But the decision - made during a cabinet meeting - also saw the administration face flak for not sinking any immediate cash into seagulls.

The opposition Conservatives wanted the council to earmark an extra £15,000 towards 'extra measures' to reduce the gull population.

But the Labour administration said the money may not be enough, and has instead referred it to the scrutiny committee so it can debate the ideas in more detail.

The decisions follow a motion from the Tories back in September asking for fresh investment in all three areas.

Cllr Adrian Gregson, the leader, said: "The motion recommended we spend £15,000 on gulls, which is an easy statement to make.

"This isn't an ideal time to be tackling seagulls as they aren't here, but we do need to plan ahead.

"That said, in my view £15,000 isn't going to make a serious difference given the work that's already gone on in recent years.

"The really fundamental measures, like getting on top of roofs, require serious investment, more than what's in this report."

He added: "It's not just a city centre problem anymore, it's going out into the suburbs and is quite clearly causing residents some distress.

"So we do need to look at it, but find a way of making a difference and not just throw good money after bad."

The stance led to Cllr Marc Bayliss, Conservative group leader, calling it a missed opportunity.

"I will certainly take this back to the scrutiny committee but I do think we needed to put some money behind it," he said.

"At the moment our investment is modest at around £5,000, I know the graphs say the gull population is falling but if you ask our residents, they'll tell you it's going up, not down.

"It's a missed opportunity, you should have agreed the £15,000 now and then asked scrutiny to look at how it can be spent."

Worcester's tally of nesting gull pairs stood at181 at the end of the last breeding season, down from 217 in 2013.

Cllr Bayliss added that he was entirely positive about the street plates spending, calling it a "no-brainer", as well as the CCTV money.

Last year the council restored almost 400 tatty street signs with a £40,000 kitty, when it was under Tory control.

The new kitty for street plates will see council workers go out and identify the worst ones to either restore or replace them.