I REFER to Cllr Suzie Mercer’s attempted criticism of Cllr David Levene (Letters, May 10).

Maybe Cllr Mercer could explain to readers of The Press how Cllr Levene, when talking about the government’s Local Plan submission date of the early 2017, was incorrect when he stated City of York Council would miss the submission date of early 2017.

His very words are the government’s words and also basically her own words when she goes on to state that “the Government has not given a precise deadline for submission of the plan, but has made clear that by early next year the proposed plan needs to be substantially advanced”.

How will Cllr Mercer react when the Government imposes its own version of a Local Plan on the citizens of York due to the incompetence of the Con-Lib Dem coalition council to get on with the job they are paid quite handsomely to do?

Howard Perry, St James Place, Dringhouses, York