Madam,

I would like to respond to your article regarding Gwynedd Council cuts (Cambrian News, 17 December). If Gwynedd Council is dismayed by these budget cuts, why doesn’t it fight this austerity instead of just paying lip service? The Plaid Cymru-run authority never appears to show any initiative in becoming diverse in its running of the services. In fact, they are more like Tories than the Tories themselves (and yes, that is possible)! How Gwynedd Council can purport to be dismayed at the cuts but do nothing about them, appears to me to be an authority in partnership with the London Tory Government allowing anything to happen to the poorer person, so long as they still hold their positions and continue to earn salaries way above most. Shame on them.

Yours etc

Olga Jean Thomas

Llanfair

Harlech.