SIR – Doncaster’s Mayor Peter Davies says that if 100 senators can run the United States of America, he can’t understand why 63 councillors are needed to run Doncaster, so he wants to cut the number to 21 in order to save money for things the town needs.
Unbelievably, Bradford has 90 councillors but is the Council going to reduce that number to save money? Not on your life.
They propose cutting the pay of their manual workers, such as refuse collectors and street cleaners, or making them work longer for the same salary.
Council chief executive Tony Reeves said: “We understand how difficult this is for the staff affected,” then had the effrontery to add: “We value our staff highly” (T&A, September 3).
Irate employees who provide vital services for the people of the district will regard that as empty rhetoric, and rightly so.
D Rhodes, Croscombe Walk, Bradford
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