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Letter: Parking fee rise will cripple us

A general view of Shrewsbury Town centre (Picture: PA)

Letter: With businesses in Shrewsbury struggling, I cannot understand how the Shropshire Council can put up the cost of car parking in Shrewsbury, except to feather its own nest.

Letter: Why work?

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Letter: New Labour’s recycled mantra of “a future fair for all” merely translates into robbing Peter to pay Paul, and has undermined the incentive to work hard to provide for one’s own needs. Far easier to sit back and reap the rewards of others.

Letter: Crime. And punishment?

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Letter: I refer to the instances of serious offenders reoffending after release on the advice of experts and specifically to Jon Venables.

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Awful legacy of teen pregnancies

Letter: After 13 years in power Labour’s policy to tackle Britain’s awful record of western Europe’s teenage pregnancy capital is in tatters.

Letter: Meals service changes are appalling

Letter: As a Meals on Wheels helper of many years, I was appalled at some of the suggested changes to this service in the Shropshire Star recently.

Letter: Why is meals service facing cuts?

Letter: If one is to believe the press reports on the Meals on Wheels provision, the outcome is far from clear.

Letter: Fire service and budget cuts

Letter: Oh dear how is Shropshire fire service going to manage with the proposed budget cuts?

Letter: Does MP support rail competition?

Letter: Re a quote from our MP on April 10, 2009 in response to a Virgin Trains proposal for routes to London from Shrewsbury, being shelved. Daniel Kawczynski, MP for Shrewsbury, said it was “very important” WSMR was supported, but he believed in “open competition”.

Letter: Use shops or lose them

Letter: In response to comments about the lack of suitable shops in Wem I would say: “Sorry, we cannot put the clocks back!”

Letter: Stop telling children what to eat

Letter: The student-organised boycott of school meals at Church Stretton School shows how unhappy children are with government dictating what they should eat.

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