SIR – On Monday, Chancellor George Osborne told us that the economy has turned a corner and that a sustainable recovery is under way.
A selection of headlines from T&A on Tuesday read: ‘Fuel prices are hurting the weakest’; ‘How can Council cuts be justified?’; ‘More people are driven into debt’; ‘Council tax arrears is staggering’ and ‘Cold was factor in 240 district deaths’.
Whose reality is Osborne living in?
Local public services, and many local residents live in a reality of service cuts (and more to come), financial hardship, increasing debt, and fear for the futures of our young people and elderly.
Coun Jan Smithies, Braithwaite Village, Keighley
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