REGARDING Peter Edwards, commercial director of First York, (Letters, January 2), can Mr Edwards explain why does the City of York Council give hard-earned council-tax payers' money to First York bus group in subsidies?

When the First group makes millions of pounds in profits every year why should the paying public have to foot the bill?

Terry Smith,

Fourth Avenue,

Heworth, York.

Updated: 10:15 Monday, January 09, 2006