SO at increased expense, the residents of South Ribble are to get a new style cabinet with high-flying councillors (Citizen, December 16).

It is to be hoped that they will keep their feet on the ground rather than their heads in the clouds.

No doubt that the axing of Leyland's part-time firefighters will cover part of the expense, and those of us who pay the council tax can expect to see it increase well above the national inflation level of 1.1 per cent to subside the rest.

W Southworth, Highfield Avenue, Farington

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