Councillor Ian Hudspeth says (ViewPoints, February 19): “It was 13 years of Labour financial failure that got this county (maybe he means ‘country’) into the mess it’s in”.
Certainly the Labour Government wasn’t very good at managing our finances but the real cause of the trouble was Margaret Thatcher, who deregulated bankers and traders and introduced the free-for-all which led to the financial mess we’re in.
The financial problems have not been solved by the present Coalition, which has pursued a misguided austerity policy that has led to cuts in vital services like youth centres and care for the disabled and elderly. After all, it’s the Coalition which has slashed its grant to Oxfordshire County Council by 12 per cent.
TONY AUGARDE Carlton Road Oxford
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