Latest Letters

  • Charging us double
    Published: 06 August, 2010 • I MUST draw readers’ and hopefully the Fairness Commission’s attention to the ongoing issue of the double charging of council estate residents. ...
  • Work that’s unwanted
    Published: 06 August, 2010 • ISLINGTON Council could quite easily save a substantial amount of money by simply not carrying out renovation or refurbishment work which is unwanted and unnecessary...
  • We all need cheering up, so let’s keep beautiful flowers
    Published: 06 August, 2010 • AS a resident of the most northerly part of the borough, continually overlooked by Islington Council, the only thing that has gladdened my heart over the last two...
  • Real setback in the fight to save historic Finsbury health centre
    Published: 06 August, 2010 • AGAIN the Tribune has put a far more positive spin on events (Reforms could mean health centre lifeline, July 23) than the situation deserves.  The primary care...
  • Damaging and unnecessary cuts
    Published: 06 August 2010 • EVERY week that goes by sees more cuts to front-line Westminster City Council services which are both damaging and unnecessary. This week the Conservatives announced...
  • Boris Bike scheme - The trouble with bicycles for hire!
    Published: 06 August 2010 • WITH the new cycle hire scheme, can someone explain to me how contractors get permission to go out and do work at such anti-social hours? Contractors were out...
  • Taking care with money
    Published: 06 August 2010 WE have an excellent track record of delivering more for less and looking after residents’ hard-earned cash (Hundreds more council staff are facing the sack, July 23...
  • Is it a brave speech for New World?
    Published: 06 August 2010 TO follow up to my letter of three weeks ago, reporting the apparent censorship of Gonzalo’s “Utopian” speech in  Act II, Scene 1 of Shakespeare...
  • On yer bike
    Published: 5 August, 2010 • CAN someone explain to me how contractors get permission to go out and work on the new bicycle hire scheme at such anti-social hours? The contractors were out...
  • Say no to a rail tunnel
    Published: 5 August, 2010 • SO some people think a tunnel under Primrose Hill will be okay with all the noise and rubble. We live in a ground-floor flat, just a short walk from Eversholt...
  • Tenants’ fears for the future
    Published: 5 July, 2010 • EIGHTY-four-year-old June Constable is very worried about her future because her home in Emminster may be bulldozed in about three years’ time and she has...
  • Liberties!
    Published: 5 August, 2010 • IS the editor of the New Journal having us on by lauding the intention of the Home Secretary to abolish Asbos (Comment, July 29)? By introducing the Asbo scheme...
  • Powers ensure neighbourhoods are safer
    Published: 5 August, 2010 • THE announcement that the government plans to review anti-social behaviour legislation could have a worrying impact in Camden, where the council and police have...
  • Cuts to hit roadworks?
    Published: 5 August, 2010 • IN this age of austerity, with the council looking to starve the borough of vital services affecting all aspects of local life, will you let me know whether this...
  • Safety first, wear a cycle helmet
    Published: 5 August, 2010 • BICYCLES for hire in London must be something we should all welcome. What I noticed in the initial Press photographs was that nobody was wearing a helmet....