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Library plans: What about the pensioners?

10:48am Friday 27th August 2010

While Mark Brown and others argue about the proposed scheme to install machines in Harrow libraries and dispense with staff (‘Machines will lengthen queues’, Your Views, August 19), none of them mention that the people most affected would be pensioners.

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Enough money was available for playgrounds

10:47am Friday 27th August 2010

Councillor Phillip O’Dell asks whether the Government’s decision to scrap the Playbuilder Scheme for renovating play areas is “a pity”, and I suppose it is (‘Another blow for youngsters’, Your Views, August 19).

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Labour should be ashamed about debt

10:50am Friday 27th August 2010

The coalition Government is battling to eliminate a £150 billion deficit bequeathed by Labour to the nation. How important is it to get this under control?

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Library changes: Machines will lengthen queues

10:41am Friday 20th August 2010

I concur with the points made by Mike Robinson and former councillor Jeremy Zeid in regard to the council’s new proposal to introduce new automated machines across all libraries in Harrow (‘Library cutbacks’, Your Views, August 12).

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IT spending: Train wreck is preventable

10:36am Friday 20th August 2010

For Cllr Graham Henson’s information, I was part of the team that ran the entire South Eastern region’s computer systems for the late Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB). Later a major private sector installation for the world’s largest advertising agencies and a local IT firm that provided equipment and backup for small business.

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Pedestrian crossings: Simple solution to save cash

10:32am Friday 20th August 2010

Navin Shah’s letter about a threat to pedestrian crossings appeared in Your Views with the headline ‘Safety cannot be ignored’ (August 5).

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Government cuts: Lives will be destroyed

10:35am Friday 20th August 2010

Jeremy Zeid never fails to serve up a rant. It would be too much to expect a positive contribution or constructive criticism, just the usual childish point scoring which the ordinary residents dislike and are fed up with.

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Playground cuts are another blow for youngsters

10:37am Friday 20th August 2010

I was most pleased to attend the formal opening of the refurbished playground in Headstone Manor last week. As reported, this upgrade was part of the last Government’s Playbuilder Scheme.

Thousands of pounds wasted by council

10:38am Friday 20th August 2010

Gordon Brown and the Labour Party brought our country close to financial ruin. It will take time to recover and we all face tough times for a few years to recover from Labour’s mismanagement.