Letters

I’m disappointed to read in The Voice (April 30) I was accused of providing false information about the funding of the Pinchbeck Chimes. This is entirely untrue; the last issue of the Pinchbeck Chimes for the financial year 2014-2015 clearly states “the printing of this magazine has been funded from the designated budgets of the district councillors”. This clearly means ...

As someone who is involved in both prosecuting and defending cases I would hope to be well placed to give a balanced view upon the Criminal Courts Charge which has been brought in somewhat hastily with little notice. It remains to be seen whether this will have unforeseen consequences. I would think that most people would agree to at least ...

I was very disappointed by the answer given by David Parsons, the UKIP candidate from Leicester, to what has been reported as the “elephant in the room” question at the General Election hustings. Of grave concern is Mr Parsons’ claim to have been exonerated, when the report into his financial dealings concluded no such thing! The report from the Standards ...

I would like to extend huge congratulations to Pinchbeck United Sunday team, who made history on April 26 by becoming the first Spalding Sunday League side to win the County Sunday Cup. An emphatic win (5-0) against Thurlby – well done! Sally Slade Pinchbeck

Regarding the letter from Margaret Wilson – “He knows nothing of local issues” (April 23). Firstly the local Labour Party are a small campaign group, unlike some, we all have day jobs, and quite rightly have been helping out in key Labour areas such as Peterborough and Lincoln in return for some support within our South Holland and The Deepings ...

I am pleased that something amuses Mr Cronin, although I did not find his unhelpful attitude at the steering group which looked at the possibilities of building a community centre for Wygate at all funny. On the question of delay perhaps he should consider “motes and beams”. As to his central question “Why are the residents being restricted to a ...

I was very interested to receive an election leaflet from an Independent candidate for the upcoming elections, which states in the leaflet an independent means exactly that, I have no party leader or a group to dictate what I can say or who I can support. I feel this is very misleading statement as on the back of the same ...

Well done to Winston Brown on the manner in which he chaired the hustings at the South Holland Centre last evening. Pity he was unaware of, or chose to ignore, the childish note-passing that was going on to his right for most of the evening, instigated by John Hayes. Not the behaviour one would expect from a Member of Parliament ...

The candidate for Pinchbeck and Surfleet who wrote in The Voice (April 23) has yet again given false information. Firstly, his allegation that we have funded the magazine via our budgets. Wrong! The printing costs of parish magazine Pinchbeck Chimes are not funded by our ward budgets. There were ten issues of The Chimes during the financial year 2014-15; during ...

I read with interest the front page of the Daily Mirror (April 20) about registering to vote. Last year I used the Government website to apply to be registered to vote. I also filled in a nomination form to stand in the election for a parish councillor for the Hurn ward of Holbeach. In 2005 I stood as an Independent ...

We have been out in Spalding this week and last and it is clear from our conversations with people that the quality of life crisis is biting hard for many. This is coupled with concerns about public services coming under pressure from an increasing local population and the ongoing government cuts reducing services and affecting council spending and priorities. At ...

How predictable that your letters page (April 23) was bombarded with letters from candidates and councillors all spouting the usual: how much they have done and will do in future. Their “pledges” and “100 per cent guarantees” always results in my yelling blah, blah, blah. David Cameron’s pledges all failed to materialise, so I wrote and asked him why. The ...

Has Roger Gambba-Jones reconsidered his anti-UKIP rant? (Spalding Guardian April 9). Defections from the Independent group to form a coalition with the minority Conservative group shifted the balance of power? The excellent refuse service we receive is wholly due to the hard work and diligence of the labour force involved. Our district council makes huge savings by not supplying and ...

Now on the sharp end of a near nine-month community campaign in Spalding St John’s, I have already begun the look back on the many things I will miss deeply after May 7, the district elections. It hit me when I returned to a care home and was greeted like an old friend, by a resident and “true blue” Conservative. ...

In response to the letter about the community survey currently underway in Wygate Park, Spalding. Clearly, the writer has allowed emotion to cloud his judgement and failed to read the covering flyer and the survey itself. Both refer to a facility not a building, although that is indeed one option. The documents were drafted and approved by Community Lincs and ...

I notice that you are publishing several letters saying what a good chap John Hayes is. Well I would like to join in by singing the praises of my local councillor Angela Newton. Coun Newton is always doing things for people in the ward. She delivers regular newsletters, she takes up all issues that are referred to her and nothing ...

As the Independent candidate for the Moulton, Weston and Cowbit ward in the forthcoming local elections, I am writing in response to the letter printed (April 23) from the three Conservative candidates for this ward. Unfortunately I find that the letter previously printed is somewhat selective in the advice given and hope that you will print this so as to provide a balanced ...

Congratulations to all the team at The Voice. Where has the year gone? Well done, a very readable paper. Angela Newton Spalding

Your readership will have received a leaflet from me in the post last week, stating my five pledges and plans for the area. I have listened to feedback from the electorate and wanted to respond. Additionally, I recently engaged with Mr Hayes and other candidates in a debate on BBC Radio Lincolnshire and I want to set the record straight ...

I want to say that I’m pleased to finally see the travesty of the internal modifications of Spalding Constitutional Club making the news, though it does sadden me how this has all come about. For too long, my father has been silenced over this controversy and it is now, that I feel I should speak out on his behalf. In ...