We know by now the cuts have got to come from somewhere

She stated Councillor Glen Miller and Conservatives in Worth Valley had, in her view, nothing to do with the consultation from Bradford Labour about provision of Tree Tops Children’s Centre and the Haworth toilets, and that she felt the Labour group had decided to go with the public consensus on these services.

She ignores that it was a Labour plan to unfairly target services in the Worth Valley, and that it was particularly galling to suggest axeing the public loos. So much so we had pictures of Coun Miller and TV presenter Christa Ackroyd in a picture together calling for Labour to scrap this idea.

Heather was right to point out Haworth and Stanbury parish councillors took some initiative in the public consultation. But the involvement of Worth Valley district councillors cannot be ignored either.

And most people took the same view as these hard-working councillors that Bradford Labour was being disproportionately unfair to Worth Valley attempting to close down vital services to this rural area.

She also lays the blame for these cuts on having a Tory government in power, and links this with Worth Valley’s Tory councillors. But I think we know by now the cuts have got to come from somewhere, whatever government is in charge. As for the charge of hypocrisy levelled at Coun Miller, I believe that label would best be applied to Labour’s candidate, Mark Curtis, who had jumped on the bandwagon of saving Haworth Fire Station more than a year after this campaign was started by Haworth and Stanbury councillors. There has been plenty of work for a volunteer fire service by the parish councillors, such as John Huxley. But Mr Curtis could hardly be seen or heard at any of these meetings. It is on record he attended one where he did not even speak. And yet he claims his campaign for election is all about saving this fire station.

Leo Robinson Church Street Keighley