A COUPLE of items caught my eye in The Press of May 26.

The editor’s response to Ian Stabler regarding the now obvious necessity for a readers’ letters page and also a councillors’ letters page, a subject which has been prominent over the past few months; and, secondly, the back-biting, blaming and sniping between the political parties over the homes shortfall, this the most recent one of many in the past.

Surely now is the time for all the parties, of whichever persuasion, to work together to the full benefit of all the residents of this fair city.

R Hutchinson, Manor Park Close, York.