Green bins: 'a worse yet more expensive service'

WHEN North Yorkshire council was created a few years back, the council leader waxed lyrical about the great advantages it would bring. There’d be fabulous financial savings due to economies of scale, and by looking at best practice from the previous authorities, the most propitious policies could be followed.

So, may I turn to green bin collections?

Back in the time of Selby District Council, these were fortnightly for the entire year. There was no charge for this service beyond the precept in our Council Tax.

Now, under NYC, the green bin collections are due to end by early December and not restart until March. On top of this we have to pay a surcharge of around £60 per annum to have our green waste collected. A worse yet more expensive service.

I look forward to an NYC representative taking advantage of the letters page here to explain how this change in green waste collection matches up to the ‘better value, better policies’ agenda that those in favour of the creation of NYC trumpeted.

David Lewis

Church End,

Cawood, Selby

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How to handle incompetent managers

REGARDING T J Ryder's letter 'No way to easily sack NHS managers', there has always been a way to get rid of incompetent, stupid or disruptive people in authority - promotion, that's the way to get rid of them.

It's always been the case; how else do you think that so many incompetent people get into higher office?

If you can't sack them, or work with them, give them a fantastic reference and move them on and they simply "float to the surface".

D M Deamer,

Penleys Grove Street,

Monkgate,

York

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Thoughts on golf and our chancellor

If DP World golfer Tyrrell Hatton was to swear and behave in the manner he does during tournaments at any parochial golf club he would be severely reprimanded, failure to reform would result in expulsion. Therefore, why do the game's top officials constantly turn a blind eye to such disgraceful behaviour?

Meanwhile, the CV of Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of Exchequer, under scrutiny is not as formidable as originally portrayed.

Economist at the Bank of England has become a "worker in retail banking", high flying banker at the Bank of Scotland has become a "complaints manager" in the mortgage division, complement this with a Prime Minister who U-turns to suit the occasion, is it little wonder in a matter of four months our future reminds me of greyhound racing (gone to the dogs...)

Peter Rickaby,

West Park,

Selby

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Paying paymasters and robbing the poor

EVERY single day we hear from this Government that it has had to make difficult decisions in order to bridge a so-called £20 billion gap.

In that equation then it must have been a very hard decision to make when inside a couple of months in power they pay certain unions a 14 per cent pay rise when their starting pay is over £40,000 going up to over £60,000 and then take away money from pensioners in their fuel allowance.

It may be just me but it looks like they are paying the paymasters and robbing the poor or have I got socialism all wrong.

John Norman,

Lindale,

York

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